The Dead Sleep Easy

The Dead Sleep Easy is a 2007 Canadian drama film, a co-production of Odessa Filmworks and Zed Filmworks produced on location in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Its tagline is "When you're this far south, sometimes it's better to be dead than alive."

Plot
The story concerns a one-time Mexican wrestler known only as The Champ (Ian Hodgkinson) who becomes employed by a Mexican organised crime gang after he kills an opponent whose uncle is a mob leader. After witnessing a massacre of illegally smuggled migrants into the United States, The Champ decides to seek redress for this crime.

Distribution and release
The film has had numerous special screenings:


 * 22 September 2007: Calgary, Calgary International Film Festival
 * 8 February 2008: Victoria (British Columbia) Film Festival
 * 15 February 2008: Toronto
 * 22 February 2008: Ottawa
 * 13 March 2008: Montreal
 * 15 March 2008: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Backseat Film Festival
 * 20 March 2008: Dawson City, Yukon, International Short Film Festival
 * 27 March 28 March 2008: Hollywood, California, Ricardo Montalbán Theatre

The film was given a DVD release on 5 March 2009 through Anchor Bay Canada.