TIFF 2025 Review: Bill Skarsgard Holds a Man Hostage in the Slick Crime Caper ‘Dead Man's Wire’

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It’s a cold February day in Indianapolis in 1977. A man named Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgard) walks into a mortgage provider’s office with a long box in his hand and demands to see the manager. He’s out of town, so the manager’s son, Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery), takes over for what is supposed to be a routine meeting. Then Tony pulls out a shotgun with a round of wire attached to the barrel. He ties it around Richard’s neck like a noose and takes him hostage. So begins a legendary standoff.

Based on a true story, Gus Van Sant’s latest thriller is working with some fascinating material. Kiritsis was a real man who, having felt ripped off following a land deal that

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