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IMDb rating 6.8
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Critic Nick Allen
rated 5

It’s a striking performance, if only to see an actor so in tune with their physical and emotional halves portraying someone who is the exact and tragic opposite.

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Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

Matis Rei’s supple sound design completes the picture, woozily weaving in and out of the score, leading us through these shifting moods with heady ease.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic Ian Freer
rated 6

Rowland’s filmmaking, from jump cuts to impressive oppressive sound design, keys you into the edginess and despair that engulfs the characters.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 6

It’s powerfully and pugnaciously acted...

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Critic James Mottram
rated 8

A hard-as-nails tale of a multi-generational family who laud it over an Irish rural town, this brooding drama delivers exactly what you might hope.

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Critic Roger Moore
rated 8

Cosmo Jarvis punches above his weight in the film that announces his arrival as a cinematic force to be reckoned with...

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Critic Stefan Pape
rated 8

Visually striking, the movie is stylistic and brutal.

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Critic Fredrik Sahlin
rated 6

Birollsinnehavaren Barry Keoghan är bäst i ett kärvt irländskt drama om en ömsint muskelman som vill slippa ur den lokala maffians klor.

Read full review at Svt Kulturnyheterna

Cast & Crew

Nick Rowland
Director
Ned Dennehy
As Paudi
David Wilmot
As Hector
Barry Keoghan
As Dympna
Brid Brennan
As Maire Mirkin
Niamh Algar
As Ursula
Simone Kirby
As June

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In the dark depths of rural Ireland, former boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the ruthless Devers family, who rule the drug trade with an iron fist. But when he's not collecting debts and meting out violence, Arm struggles to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are put to the ultimate test when he's asked to kill for the first time. As he faces an impossible choice, Arm must confront the harsh realities of his life and decide what's truly important to him. (5-6 sentences)

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