Movie Review #5976 : CALM WITH HORSES

Irish production with an ex-boxer working for a local drug family, who falls afoul of them when he fails to carry out a hit.

Torn by his loyalty to the family against that to his autistic son, our man, possessing no more than your average intellectual oomph, makes some decisions that upset all and sundry and he finds himself on the receiving end of everyone’s disdain and running from just about everyone and everything.

Gritty drama with good performances all round, and the dreariness of the environs add to the allure and sense of hopelessness of the central character’s plight. There is some violence depicted, and while in keeping with tone of the story, we still wince at some of the blows as rough justice is meted out on a bloke who screws up badly.

Overall, a little depressing and we’re left with a sense of wondering really what it’s all for, yet not a bad movie by any means.

7/10 ​