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Belfast True-Crime Thriller Criticized for Weak Execution

3/24/2026

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A Belfast-set true-crime thriller based on 2004 events is criticized in a left-leaning review for being underpowered and poorly assembled.
Director Colin McIvor, known for low-budget comedies, helms the film.
Eddie Marsan (actor) and Éanna Hardwicke (actor) star as a bank manager and a security guard forced to cooperate with robbers during a kidnapping.
Marsan captures the Belfast accent.
The robbers lack depth.

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Story summary

A Belfast-set true-crime thriller based on 2004 events is criticized in a left-leaning review for being underpowered and poorly assembled.
Director Colin McIvor, known for low-budget comedies, helms the film.
Eddie Marsan (actor) and Éanna Hardwicke (actor) star as a bank manager and a security guard forced to cooperate with robbers during a kidnapping.
Marsan captures the Belfast accent.
The robbers lack depth.