Resurrection Man (film)

Resurrection Man is a 1998 British film, directed by Marc Evans with a screenplay written by Eoin McNamee based on his novel of the same name. The story is loosely based on the real-life "Shankill Butchers", an Ulster loyalist gang in 1970s Belfast who conducted random killings of Catholic civilians until their leader, Lenny Murphy, was assassinated by a Provisional IRA hit squad.

Resurrection Man
Directed byMarc Evans
Produced by
Written byEoin McNamee
Starring
Music byDavid Holmes
Release date
  • 13 February 1998 (1998-02-13) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Production

Although set in Belfast, Resurrection Man was not filmed there, with the English cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington serving as the film's locations.[1]

Critical reception and analysis

In an essay entitled "Vampire Troubles: Loyalism and Resurrection Man", academic Steve Baker argues that the film can be interpreted as a vampire film, "situating it within a loyalist self image of vampirism".[2][3] In fact, Stuart Townsend's performance in this film was what prompted Michael Rymer to cast him the role of the Vampire Lestat in Queen of the Damned.[4]

References
  1. Donnelly, K.J. The media and the tourist imagination: converging cultures.
  2. Baker, Stephen (2004) Vampire Troubles: Loyalism and Resurrection Man. In: Keeping it real: themes and issues in Irish film and television. (Eds: Barton, Ruth and O'Brien, Harvey), Wallflower, pp. 78–86. ISBN 978-1-903364-94-9
  3. Barton, Ruth (2004). Irish national cinema. Psychology Press. ISBN 0-415-27895-3.
  4. Biography: Stuart Townsend, Talk Talk.
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