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Plot: Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few well-placed b...( read more read more... )ombs. Unable to escape Brixton, they are trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and a West Indian 'Yardie' crack-dealing gangster, Julius, downstairs. As the charismatic Flynn finds common ground with the Yardies, Johnny fights to realize a peace process of his own, but makes the mistake of falling for Julius's girlfriend Rita, causing all-out war. A thriller in the vein of Lock Stock and The Long Good Friday, in which questions of race, morality, identity and loyalty play out against a great sound-track of reggae, rock, new wave and soul.

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  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 24, 2008
    In general, interesting story about a guy who wants to leave his past with an Irish separatist organization. Interesting characters and good acting all around.
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    MCT:
    November 23, 2007
    Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few well-placed bombs. Unable to escape Brixton, they are trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and a West Indian 'Yardie' crack-dealing gangster, Julius, downstairs. As the charismatic Flynn finds common ground with the Yardies, Johnny fights to realize a peace process of his own, but makes the mistake of falling for Julius's girlfriend Rita, causing all-out war. A thriller in the vein of Lock Stock and The Long Good Friday, in which questions of race, morality, identity and loyalty play out against a great sound-track of reggae, rock, new wave and soul.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 22, 2007
    Johnny Was what??? Dull? Uninspiring? Pointless? Silly? So not Lock Stock??? Don't waste your time on this nonsense. Seriously.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 23, 2007
    I got bored with it. I think it's all the accents and I didn't like how it was directed. It takes more than drugs and violence to make a movie interesting.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 9, 2007
    I really liked it.. but I can't watch it without falling asleep for some reason.. Interesting little indie..
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 16, 2007
    A good Vinnie Jones movie? Oh yes. Most witty and entertaining all the way through, even if it isn;t the world's most intelligent plot

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Mark Hammond
  • Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Drama
  • Released: December 31, 2005
  • DVD Released: September 19, 2006

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