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11 September 1987 (USA)
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Martin Fallon is an IRA bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck but instead kills a bus load of school children...
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Another excellent Mickey Rourke performance
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mickey Rourke | ... | Martin Fallon |
 | Bob Hoskins | ... | Father Michael Da Costa |
 | Alan Bates | ... | Jack Meehan |
 | Sammi Davis | ... | Anna |
 | Christopher Fulford | ... | Billy Meehan |
 | Liam Neeson | ... | Liam Docherty |
 | Leonard Termo | ... | Bonati |
| Camille Coduri | ... | Jenny Fox |
| Maurice O'Connell | ... | Superintendant Miller |
 | Alison Doody | ... | Siobhan Donovan |
| Karl Johnson | ... | Fitzgerald |
| Ian Bartholomew | ... | Kristou |
| Peggy Aitchison | ... | Mrs. Orton |
| Cliff Burnett | ... | Fred Varley |
 | Anthony Head | ... | Rupert |
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107 min
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Mike Hodges tried to get his name off the picture after creative interference from the Producers. He wasn't happy with the theatrical release of the film.
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Continuity: At the beginning credit Liam Neeson is credited as Docherty. In most of the film everybody calls him Mulachy.
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Martin Fallon:
There's no reason for killing or dying anymore. What's more, there's no reason for living!
Anna: That's a terrible thing to say!
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Anna: That's a terrible thing to say!
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Referenced in The Boondock Saints (1999)
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I won't bore any readers by repeating the plot line, since several others already have.
I bought the DVD after renting this movie, so I can enjoy Mickey Rourke's performance many times. It is wonderful, very different from what he has played before, and his Irish accent is just right-quite a pleasure to hear it.
I enjoyed the movie altogether, but Rourke's performance made it stand out totally-without it it would have been just another action/suspense movie. However, the blind girl's acting was unnatural and contrived a bit.