Our hero, recently released from prison after 14 years for a bombing spree, sets up a boxing school for Protestant and Catholics boys, in an attemt to let them get to know each other and so become friends. However this plan backfires and causes more violence in the community.
Meantime, he tries to catch on some romance, and begins dating the daughter of the local IRA leader, who just happens to be married to a man still in jail. This puts her under a lot of pressure.
114 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence, Language)
.
Drama
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley, Brian Cox |
| Director |
Jim Sheridan |
| Screenplay | Jim Sheridan, Tony George |
| Music | Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer |
| Sound formats | DTS |
| Made in | 1997 |
| Produced by | Universal |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus Owen Williams | 10 |  |
| The Star Darryl Accone | 16 |  |
| Die Burger Herman Wasserman | 10 | |
| Sunday Times Naas Ferreira | 15 | |
| Rapport Paul Boekkooi | 16 | |
| TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge | 14 | |
| TV2 Leon at the Movies Leon van Nierop | 16 | |
| eye Weekly Tom Lyons | 10 | |
| Box Office Joseph McBride | 10 | |
| Film Review James Cameron-Wilson | 10 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 137 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 65% | 13 |  |