UK,
1998, 102 min
Directed by:
Marc EvansScreenplay:
Eoin McNameeCinematography:
Pierre AïmComposer:
David HolmesCast:
Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, Alan Devlin, John Hannah, James Nesbitt, Sean McGinley, Geraldine O'Rawe, David Pearse, B.J. Hogg, Michael Liebmann (more)Plots(1)
Ireland is the location for a murderer who has a passion for gratuitous violence. He carves up his latest victim with a Stanley knife and becomes a journalist's obsession. Adapted from the book by Eoin McNamee. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Stuart Townsend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269129_040d61.jpg)
Stuart Townsend
Ireland
Best movies:
Head in the Clouds (2004)
Chaos Theory (2008)
Big Fish (1997)
![Brenda Fricker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324195_e836a3.jpg)
Brenda Fricker
Ireland
Best movies:
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989)
Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Alan Devlin
Best movies:
Song for a Raggy Boy (2003)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
Omagh (2004) (TV movie)
![John Hannah](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/886/164886224_ab1b88.jpg)
John Hannah
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Hurricane (1999)
The Mummy (1999)
![James Nesbitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/733/160733503_47536f.png)
James Nesbitt
UK
Best movies:
Bloody Sunday (2002)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
![Sean McGinley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/408/159408663_9f9061.jpg)
Sean McGinley
Ireland
Best movies:
Braveheart (1995)
The Fall (2013) (series)
Michael Collins (1996)
![Geraldine O'Rawe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271860_3e98f7.jpg)
Geraldine O'Rawe
UK
Best movies:
Some Mother's Son (1996)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000)
Disco Pigs (2001)
![David Pearse](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/923/159923302_c6be6c.jpg)
David Pearse
Ireland
Best movies:
Bloody Sunday (2002)
I Never Cry (2020)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
B.J. Hogg
UK
Best movies:
The Fall (2013) (series)
Divorcing Jack (1998)
Hunger (2008)
Michael Liebmann
USA
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Omagh (2004) (TV movie)
Sunburn (1999)
Sean Caffrey
UK
Best movies:
Divorcing Jack (1998)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
The Human Factor (1979)
James Ellis
UK
Best movies:
Priest (1994)
Best (2000)
Resurrection Man (1998)
Derek Thompson
UK
Best movies:
The Long Good Friday (1980)
Yanks (1979)
Wild Geese II (1985)