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This is one of the Best most intense Documentaries I have ever watched some scenes left me wanting to stop the HDR and walk, thing that bugs me to this day..
"..and people live like this?!!"
10 years in the making..brutal!
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For a subject of a documentary to succeed, it must be compelling. Does that mean that it's contemporary, or politically relevant, or emotionally trying? It can. Qualifying this criteria pigeonholes us, however, creating bias for and against some topics, and denying them the fair shot of evoking emotion within the viewer. On paper, a documentary spanning ten years of bare-knuckle feuds between Irish traveler (read: gypsy) families is compelling. What the film actually manages to bring to attention is even moreso: even the smallest of civilizations, the most marginal, find reason to fight within themselves.
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Mesmerizing, epic and intelligent. Perfectly edited and paced, which is very impressive considering that it's comprised of over a decade of footage.
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I guess I'll just state the biggest comment I can make about this film upfront. I liked this film and I don't have any complaints about the film. But at the same time I was not blown away or anything of this degree with the film. It was an entertaining documentary but really nothing more.
I usually watch one movie before going to bed every night. When I finish watching a film I then sleep and let the movie sink…
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I really liked this movie
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What a brutal, grotesque but intriguing documentary. It's all about a longtime feud between a couple of Irish traveller families and their way dealing with their issues: bare-knuckle boxing. For 12 years director Ian Palmer followed this traditional fights, focussing on the Quinn McDonagh family and their dispute with the Joyces, Nevins and many more. James Quinn McDonagh, legendary fighter of the Quinn McDonagh clan, takes center stage and helps giving an insight into this unique phenomenon of family feud.…
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Decades of feuding leads a handful of families to beat the living hell out of one another. Watch as the man filming comes to grips with his indictment against their local school and police agencies, which at one point has two grandfathers fighting like Bloodsport in the yard.
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A Doc that followed Irish travellers as they lived but more specifically, their feud with another family and how this is maintained and settled, through bouts of bare knuckle boxing, this is a fasinating glimpse into a family, coming off better than you think, and also the bonus of many of these fights filmed and presented here. not scenes of hollywood stuff but natural fighting. the doc is also a glimpse into these lives and how a full out war…
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Not particularly well shot, but amazingly good access. Really introduced a world I had never known, yet, somehow, we all know.
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The narration is a bit annoying at times, and I found it hard to keep track of what time period was being shown, but overall I found this to be a fascinating watch.
Spanning a twelve year period, the film documents a violent feud between rival Irish clans. Bare knuckle boxing is the choice way to settle their dispute, though it seems like the dispute will never end. Both families are filled with charismatic individuals and the build up to some of the fights couldn't be better. Worth checking out.
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A relentlessly downcast exposé of the frightening world of Irish travelling community bare-knuckle boxing contests. Director Ian Palmer gives each of the three central families equal platform to espouse their reasons behind these decades-old feuds, but sadly discovers that the majority can't even seem to recall. It's a gritty story that gives way to a powerful but indirect lamentation of our thirst for violent vengeance. Makes you lose faith in humanity just a little bit to see how these people are clearly intelligent enough to recognise the lunacy of their actions yet carry on regardless.