Dead Man Down (2013)

There is an awful lot of star power in what is essentially a revenge movie with a lot of shooting, long cold stares, and hustle.  It is not a terrible movie, but it not altogether good.  Then add in that Colin Farrell, Isabelle Huppert, and Terence Howard are all in it, and then it becomes a well acted byt ultimately disappointing movie.
Here is the story.  Farrell plays Victor, a New York gangster who's part of a crew run by alpha-male tough guy, Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence Howard). He appears to be a bad guy, but wait.  Alphonse is being menaced by someone who is sending strange anonymous messages to people who then die.  Victor gets himself involved with his troubled neighbour Beatrice (Noomi Rapace), who lives with her hearing-impaired mum, played by Isabelle Huppert.  She has seen him do a murderous deed and wants him to help her with her revenge fantasy.  These initial scenes delude you into thinking you might be watching something out of the ordinary.  But no, that does not happen.  It is entirely ordinary with unusual characters who are well cast.  That said, it holds your attention, and does not deteriorate from there.