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Release Date:
7 January 2000 (Ireland) more
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Michael just loves taking the law into his own hands!
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Michael Lynch is Dublin's most notorious criminal, his brazen robberies making him the bane of the Gardaí... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Kevin Spacey ... Michael Lynch

Linda Fiorentino ... Christine Lynch

Peter Mullan ... Stevie
Stephen Dillane ... Noel Quigley
Helen Baxendale ... Lisa
David Hayman ... Tony Brady

Patrick Malahide ... Commissioner Daly
Gerard McSorley ... Harrison

David Kelly ... Fr. Grogan
Gary Lydon ... Tom Rooney
Paul Ronan ... Billy Lynch

Colin Farrell ... Alec (as Colin Farrel)

Vincent Regan ... Shay Kirby
Tim Loane ... Jerome Higgins

Christoph Waltz ... Peter
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Also Known As:
Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Dieb (Germany)
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Rated R for language, some violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
93 min | Germany:85 min (TV version)
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Color (Technicolor)
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As Michael is running out of the museum, stealing the painting of Judas kissing Jesus, the exhibition sign he passes reads "The Taking of Christ". more
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Continuity: At the same time Lynch arrives at the dole office, a gray Austin Metro parks with the rear right wheel on the white line. When Tony gets out, the same car is parked well across the same white line. Finally when Lynch and his band of men come back to rob the office, the same car is properly parked between the white lines. more
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Referenced in Veronica Guerin (2003) more
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17 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
Ordinary Decent Film, 9 January 2000
7/10
Author: Darren O'Shaughnessy (darren shan) from Limerick, Ireland

Based on the real-life figure of Dublin gangster Martin Cahill (his story was also told in THE GENERAL, released in 1998), this fast-moving crime flick has little new to offer, but is worth a look for fans of the genre. Writer Gerard Stembridge takes the main facts of Cahill's life and gives them a slight spin (most especially the latter stages) to create an interesting mix of fantasy and reality. It's not as good as THE GENERAL; Spacey and Fiorentino struggle with their accents; and the finale is a bit much for us to swallow. But, for all its flaws, it's a lively and amusing piece, if destined forever to fall in the shadow of its more illustrious fore-runner.

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