It’s been a good few weeks for Irish cinema. First we had Ondine which was great, then we had Zonad which was also great, and now we have Perrier’s Bounty. Will Ian Fitzgibbon’s crime caper make it 3 in a row?
Perrier’s Bounty tells the story of Michael McCrea (Cillian Murphy) who finds himself in a bit of a spot of bother. He owes a few quid to Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) and after an “accidental” death of one of Perrier's henchman it all spirals out of control for McCrea. Perrier puts out a bounty of €10,000 on McCrea and this sets the movie up for a few double crosses and drives it on to its tense conclusion. Stick in Jim Broadbent as McCrea’s delusional, sleep starved, coffee granule eating father and Jodie Whittaker as something more than a potential love interest and you have, yet another Irish movie that is of a fine quality.
Written by the Intermission scribe, Mark O Rowe, Perrier’s Bounty has got no shortage of great one liners and plenty of comedy combined with an abundance of grittily shot violence. Ian Fitzgibbon is sat in the directors chair and keeps the whole thing moving quite well. At times though, Perrier’s Bounty can seem a little bit slow an inconsistent. Some of the scenes between Murphy and Whittaker are a little tedious, and in my view could have been shortened as they slow down the movie a bit. It’s a little inconsistent at times as well, in particular keep an eye out for the VW Golf at the start of the movie. Even watching this at 11am in the morning I was able to spot a glaring hiccup. Now, it’s not enough to crash the whole thing into a wall or anything, but it’s noticable. That aside though, Perrier’s Bounty had me laughing out loud time after time as it’s cast do a superb job of drawing you into a seedy, dog eat dog, Dublin underworld.
Cillian Murphy carries the movie on his shoulder’s and put’s in yet again, another fine performance. He’s sporting quite a gritty, dirty look here and is completely believable as a guy who’s life goes from bad to worse. Jim Broadbent on the other hand, weighs in with some great lines and again a convincing performance as the long, lost Dad. That said, his accent seem’s a bit all over the shop. Brendan Gleeson as Perrier, is truly demented. A cold, calculated, psycho who delivers line after line of brilliant dialogue. A great performance although I would have loved to have seen a bit more of Darren Perrier, as the character is underused.
All in all, small niggles aside this is, yet another triumph for the Irish film Industry. Perrier’s Bounty is highly entertaining, dark and demented.
Perrier’s Bounty tells the story of Michael McCrea (Cillian Murphy) who finds himself in a bit of a spot of bother. He owes a few quid to Darren Perrier (Brendan Gleeson) and after an “accidental” death of one of Perrier's henchman it all spirals out of control for McCrea. Perrier puts out a bounty of €10,000 on McCrea and this sets the movie up for a few double crosses and drives it on to its tense conclusion. Stick in Jim Broadbent as McCrea’s delusional, sleep starved, coffee granule eating father and Jodie Whittaker as something more than a potential love interest and you have, yet another Irish movie that is of a fine quality.
Written by the Intermission scribe, Mark O Rowe, Perrier’s Bounty has got no shortage of great one liners and plenty of comedy combined with an abundance of grittily shot violence. Ian Fitzgibbon is sat in the directors chair and keeps the whole thing moving quite well. At times though, Perrier’s Bounty can seem a little bit slow an inconsistent. Some of the scenes between Murphy and Whittaker are a little tedious, and in my view could have been shortened as they slow down the movie a bit. It’s a little inconsistent at times as well, in particular keep an eye out for the VW Golf at the start of the movie. Even watching this at 11am in the morning I was able to spot a glaring hiccup. Now, it’s not enough to crash the whole thing into a wall or anything, but it’s noticable. That aside though, Perrier’s Bounty had me laughing out loud time after time as it’s cast do a superb job of drawing you into a seedy, dog eat dog, Dublin underworld.
Cillian Murphy carries the movie on his shoulder’s and put’s in yet again, another fine performance. He’s sporting quite a gritty, dirty look here and is completely believable as a guy who’s life goes from bad to worse. Jim Broadbent on the other hand, weighs in with some great lines and again a convincing performance as the long, lost Dad. That said, his accent seem’s a bit all over the shop. Brendan Gleeson as Perrier, is truly demented. A cold, calculated, psycho who delivers line after line of brilliant dialogue. A great performance although I would have loved to have seen a bit more of Darren Perrier, as the character is underused.
All in all, small niggles aside this is, yet another triumph for the Irish film Industry. Perrier’s Bounty is highly entertaining, dark and demented.
