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Cardboard Gangsters
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A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
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# John Connors # Mark O'Connor #Cardboard Gangsters #Fionn Walton #Kierston Wareing #Mark O'Connor
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June 16, 2017
O'Connor has - helped in no small measure by a towering turn from Connors - come as close to a Dublin Boyz n the Hood as we could have hoped. It's noisy, loud, violent and sad.
July 27, 2017
The film is crackingly done, with a bleak humour when needed and a black savagery when not.
August 03, 2017
It manages the trick of respecting the aspirations of those left behind by the Celtic Tiger economy while handing out a few tough lessons on the cost of responsibility.
June 16, 2017
O'Connor thrusts the viewer into not just the action, but also its severe ramifications.
August 03, 2017
Connors' compelling performance creates a degree of sympathy for Jason however the film seems a little too fond of his brutality and casual misogyny.
July 30, 2017
The violence isn't played for laughs and Connors's performance is genuinely moving, though there's an irresistible sprinkling of salty, vulgar humour to lighten the otherwise bleak mood ...
August 07, 2017
Mark O'Connor's film isn't subtle, but it's made with swagger and its antihero fits the bill as a certain kind of crime-drama archetype: overambitious, stupid and doomed, he nonetheless has a crude poignancy.
June 19, 2017
A film about drug dealers isn't to everyone's taste, but this is a well-made, gritty drama that doesn't glamorise anything or judge anyone, and all to a thumping soundtrack.
August 03, 2017
O'Connor puts the pedal to the metal with this picture and drives it like he stole it, as they say - with some exhilarating results.
June 16, 2017
Salty, funny, and enlivened by some fantastic Dublin rap music, Cardboard Gangsters has a rare authenticity in terms of its subject matter and location.
August 04, 2017
Mark O'Connor's film is a formulaic, but confidently handled gangster flick set in the rock-hard Darndale district of north Dublin.
August 03, 2017
O'Connor captures a potent disaffection of youth, and the ease with which this can slip into lawlessness.