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Mickey Rourke + a kidnapped horse + IRA terrorists = the most unhinged Irish thriller you've never heard of.
TMDB
64
IMDb
54
Rotten Tomatoes
82
Audience Score
82
Google
86

Shergar (1999)

straight-to-VHS energyso-bad-it's-entertainingIRA crime thriller

Overview

DramaRomanceCrime

Shergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbread and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, is kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ransom. Can a young stable boy save Shergar's life... and his own before it's too late?

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Content warning
innocence corrupted by political violenceeconomic desperationanimal as innocent victim

Standout Aspects

Acting

Mickey Rourke's inexplicable Irish accent choices.

Production

They actually filmed with real horses, bless their hearts.

Best for:Friends: Drinking game: sip every time someone says 'Shergar' dramatically.·Background: Perfect folding-laundry movie you half-watch.·Rewatch: Only if you're doing a Mickey Rourke deep dive.
Heads up:Violence: IRA threats, some horse peril (spoiler: horse survives).
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Director

Dennis C. Lewiston

ReleasedJun 1, 1999
Runtime1h 35m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feellight

Top Cast

Billy Boyle

Billy Boyle

Carrigan

Stephen Brennan

Stephen Brennan

Mr. Faloon

Gary Cady

Gary Cady

S.A.S. Captain Kirkpatrick

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

Gavin O'Rourke

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Joseph Maguire

David Warner

David Warner

Eammon Garrity

Paul Ronan

Paul Ronan

Lynch

Conor Mullen

Conor Mullen

Hennity

Fintan McKeown

Fintan McKeown

Det. Inspector Deely

Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes

Chambers

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Shergar was a real champion racehorse kidnapped in 1983; his fate remains unknown and this film's happy ending is pure fiction.

Trivia

Director Dennis C. Lewiston never made another feature film after this, which absolutely tracks.

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