Cardboard Gangsters
2017 · Movie · 88 min · ★ 6.7 · 89% critics
A group of young men in a tough Dublin suburb try to climb the local drug trade, chasing a flashy image of money, power, and sex. As their ambitions grow, they find themselves pulled deeper into violence and consequences they aren’t prepared to handle.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-04-22
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (31 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gritty, tense crime drama about wannabe dealers and the harsh reality behind the hype, similar in feel to Calm with Horses or Heaven Knows What; Not for you if you dislike bleak violence or rough characters.
Pros: tense and gripping; gritty realism; strong performances | Cons: divisive ending; some forced plot points; hard watch at times
Themes
- drug dealer
- gangster
- dublin, ireland
- ireland
Cast & crew
John Connors
as Jason Connolly
Fionn Walton
as Dano
Kierston Wareing
as Kim Murphy
Jimmy Smallhorne
as Derra Murphy
Paul Alwright
as Glenner
Alan Clinch
as Whacker
Stephen Clinch
as Ross Kelly
- JD
John Dalessandro
as Lukey
Gemma-Leah Devereux
as Roisin
Kyle Bradley Donaldson
as Stephen Kelly
Directed by Mark O'Connor