Review of Kill the Irishman (2011) by Joe A — 15 Jun 2011

This is definitely a story worth telling and the invested time to watch. I'd put this right up there with Goodfellas or Donnie Brasco. And that is a bold, bold statement. First off, quite the impressive cast.

Either it's bit parts or main roles everybody involved is pretty much recognizable. Ray Stevenson gives an incredibly good performance as Danny Greene and manages to keep his character really violent, but also likable.

You really do get a great chance to see him flexing his acting muscle rather then just being muscle. This movie could give him a career boost for bigger roles. The direction and the cinematography are very nice and I'm hoping this movie will enable Jonathan Hensleigh more work soon, because he's definitely a talented craftsman.

Between this and 2004's Punisher I see much potential at storytelling. And not meaning to nitpick I would have liked to have seen a longer movie. More in depth. This would have worked amazing as a HBO mini series better.

But I am very happy with what I got. And very happy to see Val back in a quality movie rather then the crap he's been putting out the past few years.