Rent Perrier's Bounty (2009)
3.2 of 5 from 202 ratings
1h 24min
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- Synopsis:
- Starring Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson and Jim Broadbent, Perrier's Bounty is an action-packed gangster thriller that is as blackly comic as it is violent. Michael owes money to Dublin's meanest gangster, Darren Perrier. When the debt is called in Brenda, Michael's recently "dumped" and suicidal best friend, accidentally shoots dead one of his hitmen. To make matters worse Michael's estranged and eccentric father, Jim, arrives just in time to witness the scene. With a bounty on their heads Michael, Jim and Brenda flee to the mountains, with every hard man in Dublin in hot pursuit, all hoping to claim, by any means, Perrier's Bounty.
- Actors:
- Cillian Murphy, Michael McElhatton, Don Wycherley, Jodie Whittaker, Brendan Coyle, Conleth Hill, Domhnall Gleeson, Pat McCabe, Ned Dennehy, Glenn Speers, Jim Broadbent, Padraic Delaney, Natalie Britton, Liam Cunningham, Breffni McKenna, Brendan Gleeson, Francis Magee, Wuzza Conlon, Brendan Dempsey, Brian Doherty
- Directors:
- Ian Fitzgibbon
- Producers:
- Elizabeth Karlsen, Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley
- Voiced By:
- Gabriel Byrne
- Writers:
- Mark O'Rowe
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Ireland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/08/2010
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Trailer
- Interview with Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson, Jim Broadbent and Jodie Whittaker
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Reviews (5) of Perrier's Bounty
In its own genre - Perrier's Bounty review by JD
The worst thing about this film is Jim Broadbent's Irish accent, the best his acting of someone who hasn't slept for a while. It is exhausting to watch. This is the funniest genuinely violent film I have seen. Some nasty scenes of clubbing with baseball bats and some tender ones, but mainly comedy in violence. A brutal gangster who refers to a pack of fighting dog handlers with a grudge as insouciant made me smile (and reach for my dictionary).
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Funny enough for a Friday night, violent enough for Saturday. A fun and entirely underated movie. - Perrier's Bounty review by CP Customer
Irish comedy, charming without being too stereotypical. Great performance from Cillian Murphy as Michael McCrea the unfortunate, slightly misanthropic loser who gets himself in deeper than he expected with Perrier the gangster. Jim Broadbent, as ever, steals the show with an excellent comic-yet-straight performance as Michael's (Cillian Murphy) father - along with the expected comedy he gives a poigniancy and seriousness to the role that is rarely seen in this sort of movie. The pace of the film is fast enough to keep you interested but not too much that it is stressful. The violence is brutal, but not unnecessarily so and well-placed humour brings enough relief until the next onslaught. There is a steady theme of death and a nice (albeit slightly semi-skimmed) ending but enough of a twist to be worthwhile. The semi-skimmed nature of the film is the only let down - Perrier's Bounty isn't a low-fat comedy film or a full-fat action movie, on occasion it can't make its mind up and so stumbles a little. Definitely worth a rental, I'd watch it again but I think the comedy plays to my slightly twisted sense of humour - an excellent movie after a couple of drinks.
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Worth Watching But Doesn't Deliver On Its Promises! - Perrier's Bounty review by TE
Great cast...some good one-liners...pacey...but ultimately a tad disappointing. There is a disjointed feel to the way it bounces from one violent encounter to another, almost as if too much is packed in. It's more of a cartoon than the sort of film that such a talented cast might have produced.
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