646f9e108c Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git&#39;s girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He&#39;s now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It&#39;s a tougher assignment than it seems: Git&#39;s a novice, Bunny&#39;s prone to rash acts, Frank doesn&#39;t want to be found (and once he&#39;s found, he has no money), and maybe Tom&#39;s planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there&#39;s the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What&#39;s a decent and stand-up lad to do? A well shot, well written, well acted gangster comedy that for me blows lock stock and two smoking barrels right out of the water. Brendan and Peter play the two out-of-their-depth ex-cons brilliantly, in fact they play them so well that I find it hard to watch them in other roles, to me they are Bunny and Git. Conor Mcpherson transfers his stage writing skills well to the big screen and doesn&#39;t lose any of his humour.Paddy Breathnach directs the action well but it is slower paced than some may expect, or want, in their gangster comedies but I think it makes perfect Sunday afternoon hangover viewing, so sit down with the hair of the dog and a big fat fry up and prepare to love this film! Having lived my entire life in Dublin, I may appear to be bias. However, I don&#39;t believe I am, but I do believe I &#39;get&#39; this movie a lot more than a person from another land might. The dialogue, which is the movies strongest point, is not only hilarious, it&#39;s totally real.<br/><br/>This film is like a trip to a rough Dublin pub. Complete with idiotic &#39;North-siders&#39; and Irish slang. Pulp Fiction is said to have some of the best dialogue ever, but even it&#39;s biggest fan can&#39;t deny that the dialogue has a very staged feel. &#39;I Went Down&#39; however, really does sound like two regular Dublin lads having a 90 minute argument.<br/><br/>By the way, the title refers to the two characters driving down to Cork, not what you may think. I Went Down is a small, unexpected treat that promises full satisfaction.
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