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- An epic dark comedy with mismatched buddies who compliment each other well. Exceptional performances, especially by Brendan Gleeson. It's an oldie, but absolutely worth watching.
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Jul 1, 1998 · Paddy Breathnach’s “I Went Down” is a crime movie in which the dialogue is a great deal more important than anything else. It takes the form of a road movie and the materials of gangster movies (do real gangsters learn how to act by watching movies?), but what happens is beside the point.
It's thoughtful film making as regards being a character driven piece. There's a most interesting side issue involving the women in Git's and Bunny's lives, two men just about traversing the path on the wrong side of the law, both with gal trouble that gnaws away at their masculinity.
I Went Down: Directed by Paddy Breathnach. With Peter McDonald, Antoine Byrne, David Wilmot, Michael McElhatton. Irish action comedy. An ex-con is forced into taking on a new task by a ruthless crime-boss, but finds he is hindered by the partner he has been teamed up with.
- (2.3K)
- Action, Comedy, Crime
- Paddy Breathnach
- 1998-06-24
I Went Down is a 1997 Irish crime comedy film by director Paddy Breathnach . The film is initially set in Dublin. A working class man is released from prison, and soon rescues his best friend from mutilation at the hands of mobsters.
Jun 24, 1998 · I Went Down is a crime movie in which the dialogue is a great deal more important than anything else. It takes the form of a road movie and the materials of gangster movies (do real gangsters learn how to act by watching movies?), but what happens is beside the point.
- (16)
- Paddy Breathnach
- R
Oct 3, 1997 · Dis-organised crime. Overview. 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.
QUICK TAKE: Drama/Comedy: A recently released, but naive convict and an older, short-tempered gangster are teamed together to find and return a crime boss' former associate. PLOT: Git Hynes (PETER MCDONALD) is a morally upright and unlikely convict who's just been released from prison for a crime he didn't commit.
