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"description": "Dead Man’s Wire is a well-made movie with a wonderful cast that isn't enjoyable to watch. I don't like my milk with ice and I don't particularly care for Tony Kiritsis either. Was he wronged? It sure seems like it and I'm the last person who's going to sympathize with some god-awful company. Kiritsis' captive puts a face on the crime as a proxy for his father but he comes off as weak, conciliatory and dull. I love both Bill Skarsgård (hell, his brothers and father too) and Colman Domingo but I don't care about their characters here. It's a hostage movie and we all know how those go. The hostage-taker has demands, law enforcement feigns compliance and things go sideways. Things, naturally, go sideways for Kiritsis (though he was found innocent by reason of insanity and remanded to a psychiatric institute, serving only ten years after refusing an early release with conditions he disagreed with). Rage, rage against the system.",
"path": "/watching/movies/dead-mans-wire-2025",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-10T12:02:00Z",
"site": "at://did:plc:sttgf52vkk46f6yuknvqxvgh/site.standard.publication/self",
"tags": [
"crime",
"drama"
],
"title": "Dead Man's Wire"
}