Perrier's Bounty
Directed by:
Ian FitzgibbonScreenplay:
Mark O'RoweCinematography:
Seamus DeasyComposer:
David HolmesCast:
Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Jodie Whittaker, Conleth Hill, Domhnall Gleeson, Ned Dennehy, Jim Broadbent, Brendan Gleeson (more)Plots(1)
Ian Fitzgibbon directs this Dublin-set crime comedy starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent. Indebted to Dublin's most ruthless gangster, Darren Perrier (Gleeson), Michael McCrea (Murphy) embarks on a voyage through the city's underworld in a frantic search for the cash that will save his skin. Along the way he listens to the lamentations of his neighbour Brenda (Jodie Whittaker), confronts his estranged hypochondriacal father Jim (Broadbent) and gets embroiled in a fight at his local pub with Brenda's cheating boyfriend. (StudioCanal UK)
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I might have given this movie three stars, if it hadn’t been for Irish actors such as Murphy, Gleeson and Whittaker and the setting hadn’t been the Irish countryside. As I love all these actors as well as the Irish countryside, I had to add one more star. It is true that as gangster films go, this one is a bit weak. Gleeson, however, is a villain par excellence and if nothing else, he alone makes the movie worth watching.
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Perrier's Bounty may be a mediocre effort plot-wise, which most of all feels like an adaptation of a short story whose author was inspired by the atmosphere of popular films... But thanks to fantastic Jim Broadbent and a truly original narrator with Gabriel Byrne's voice, I'll throw in a fourth star after all. Enjoy watching.
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