---
title: 'Resurrection Man (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marc Evans'
released: '1998-02-13'
runtime_minutes: 102
genres:
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/resurrection-man-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140508/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Resurrection Man (1998)

1998 · 102 min · Thriller · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Resurrection Man is a 1998 Irish extreme horror period drama film, set specifically in Northern Ireland, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marc Evans](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-evans)
- **Screenplay:** [Eoin McNamee](https://cinepixo.com/people/eoin-mcnamee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-holmes-2)
- **Producer:** [Michael Winterbottom](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-winterbottom), [Andrew Eaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-eaton)

## Cast

- [Geraldine O'Rawe](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-o-rawe)
- [Brenda Fricker](https://cinepixo.com/people/brenda-fricker)
- [Seán McGinley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcginley)
- [James Nesbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-nesbitt)
- [Stuart Townsend](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-townsend)
- [John Hannah](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hannah)

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