Not as great as the Butcher Boy, but another nice, small, deeply Irish film -- though billed as a "true story," it stretches credibility at points. Writer/director John Boorman and Cinematographer Seamus Deasy deserve a lot of credit for making a movie that's always easy on the eyes, and for using black-and-white, which works very well in this film. Brendan Gleeson, as clever Irish thief and working class hero Martin Cahill, gives a fine, nuanced performance. At the very least you gotta love his various piggy tee-shirts. John Voight finally gets a chance to show some complexity in his familiar role of bad/good guy. Dug the accents, but could have used sub-titles at certain points!
Review of The General
