It's rare when I'm particularly proud to be from Offaly, but director Paddy Slattery of the Faithful County delivers with Broken Law a straightforward but utterly thrilling little crime drama, brimming with great performances across the board.

Telling the story of a Garda and his delinquent brother just released from prison (played by Tristan Heanue and Graham Earley respectively), it toes the line between it's more subtextual threads and its surface-level story with aplomb. This is in no small part helped by the phenomenal chemistry between the two actors, who bring a terrific sense of authenticity to the brotherly relationship. I'd be surprised if they weren't actually improvising occasionally, such is the fluidity and realism of their interactions. The supporting…

A police drama, eighty minutes long, about an Irish cop , dealing with the release of his criminal brother , it is directed by Paddy Slattery.

Perhaps best described as a big film within a small film with the parred backness of a smaller film doing it favours.
Slattery manages to fit in, through a news report in the background, the very topical homeless situation in Ireland, although the police corruption here is reduced to being on the take, the mention of crookedness in the Irish police force makes one think of the smear campaign against the real life Sargent Morris Mcabe.
Coming from the Dublin Northside myself, there's a familiarity to the images here, the crooks talk and look…

It's rare when I'm particularly proud to be from Offaly, but director Paddy Slattery of the Faithful County delivers with Broken Law a straightforward but utterly thrilling little crime drama, brimming with great performances across the board.

Telling the story of a Garda and his delinquent brother just released from prison (played by Tristan Heanue and Graham Earley respectively), it toes the line between it's more subtextual threads and its surface-level story with aplomb. This is in no small part helped by the phenomenal chemistry between the two actors, who bring a terrific sense of authenticity to the brotherly relationship. I'd be surprised if they weren't actually improvising occasionally, such is the fluidity and realism of their interactions. The supporting…

👍 Glad to see a really decent contemporary Irish flick come out that doesn't feel like a Love/Hate wannabe. An honest Garda is thrown into a difficult situation when he has to protect his younger criminal brother after a robbery. Was satisfying to see this without any glamour. Graham Earley is fucking blisteringly good with a totally earnest and visceral performance. He's one I'll absolutely keep an eye on. Everyone is great though but John Conners, despite being natural in the part, has so much hammy dialogue that it hurts his performance. It's nothing mind-bending or difficult, but it's a satisfying, somewhat predictable and strongly conceived crime drama. I cringe at a lot of Irish cinema cause I can see…