Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
Acting
Gleeson and McDonald's combustible chemistry.
Writing
Dialogue so Irish it practically has its own weather.
Cinematography
Boglands that look like another planet.
Director
Paddy Breathnach
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paddy Breathnach was part of a 1990s Irish New Wave that rejected romantic nationalism for working-class grime. This film practically smells of diesel and regret.
Peter McDonald (Git) co-wrote the screenplay. The Sonny Mulligan backstory was allegedly cut down from a much longer draft—explaining why it haunts the edges rather than the center.
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