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The screenplay is by PJ Dillon, Pierce Ryan, Eugene O'Brien and Lance Daly, based on the Irish-language short film An Ranger, written and directed by Dillon and Ryan. Like Feeney, this story takes no prisoners, with the narrative pitching two desperate men against each other for nothing more than another day's survival amidst all the devastation. The west of Ireland, where the movie is set, is a place where Irish was the predominant language.
Crucially, Broadbent's Lord Kilmichael is shown irritably. But I think the genre that best defines this movie is Irish Western. The action film set during the Great Irish Famine directed by Lance Daly stars James Frecheville, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent. Will Sliney is the writer and artist. It's a hollow tale of vengeance led by a protagonist whose mainly defined by his tendency toward martyrdom. Romola Garai's Amulet centers around the much-discussed horror movie trope of the arcane or abject mother figure, combining its critical take on the typically masculine.
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Click Here For More Movie Reviews. Daly's excellent supporting cast (Stephen Rea, Jim Broadbent, Barry Keoghan) keep the movie's bleaker stretches interesting. The visuals match the dour mood with the bleak wintry landscapes given real oomph by cinematographer Declan Quinn ('Leaving Las Vegas', 'Breakfast On Pluto').
But the picture also addresses the most divisive and traumatic incident in Irish history. It's right up there with the two others below. Incredible filmmaking with a stark visual poetry, reasonably unpredictable tension. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea and others.