Dead Fish is a 2008 English-language German action comedy film starring Robert Carlyle, Gary Oldman, Andrew-Lee Potts and Elena Anaya.[2][3]
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Directed by | Charley Stadler |
Written by | Adam Kreutner David Mitchell |
Story by | Thomas Geiger Charley Stadler |
Produced by | David Bergstein Dan Maag Matthias Deyle Philip Schulz-Deyle |
Starring | Robert Carlyle Gary Oldman Andrew Lee Potts |
Cinematography | Fraser Taggart |
Music by | Andy Cato |
Distributed by | Image Entertainment |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Germany |
Language | English |
Lynch (Gary Oldman), an emotionless bon-vivant hitman, stops a thief who stole a cell phone from Mimi (Elena Anaya) in a train station. Falling for her at first sight, he does not notice when she accidentally switches cell phones with him. She later gives Lynch's phone to her boyfriend, Abe Klein (Andrew-Lee Potts) who works as a locksmith. When Lynch's employers try to assign Lynch another assassination over the phone, Abe and his pot-smoking slacker artist friend go to warn the victim, Mr. Fish (Terence Stamp), hoping for a reward. Concerned by Abe's behavior over the phone, the employer has another operative, Virgil (Billy Zane), who does not know Lynch by sight, check up on him. The operative has a Czech killer, Dragan (Karel Roden), brought in to deal with "Lynch". All the while, Danny Devine (Robert Carlyle), a foul-tempered, foul-mouthed loan shark, is driving around trying to collect from various deadbeat clients including Abe.[4]