Calm with Horses (The Shadow of Violence)

Name: Calm with Horses (The Shadow of Violence)
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: July 31, 2020
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Anthony Welsh, Barry Keoghan, Brian Doherty, Cosmo Jarvis, David Wilmot

2020

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Cinéart | Release Date: July 31, 2020 | R

Starring: Anthony Welsh, Barry Keoghan, Brian Doherty, Cosmo Jarvis, David Wilmot, Hazel Doupe, Liam Carney, Ned Dennehy, Niamh Algar, Roisin O'Neill, Ryan McParland, Simone Kirby, Toni O'Rourke

Summary: In the dark underbelly of rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas “Arm” Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis) has become a feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family. When his ruthless employers order him to kill for the first time, his loyalties are tested.

Director: Nick Rowland

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 100 min

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The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Jul 31, 2020

The result might not be unique in its narrative about a misunderstood man devoid of the means to get out of his own way, but Calm with Horses is stunning in its execution nonetheless. Read full review

Christopher Machell

Jul 31, 2020

Calm with Horses’ driving concern – the corrosive nature of violence on the self – is rendered in brutal, empathic precision, while the recovery of its protagonist’s humanity as it teeters on the cliff edge is simply heartbreaking. Read full review

Alan Ng

Aug 4, 2020

The Shadow of Violence has interesting things to say about violence and, ultimately, how far you would go for your family. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 27, 2020

First-time feature director Nick Rowland makes the violence in-your-face and the scenes where Arm starts to struggle with it wrenching. Dude stages a mean Irish backroads car-chase, too. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Jul 31, 2020

If the overall narrative arc is less than inspired, however, the milieu and personalities depicted do have real character. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Jul 31, 2020

The film's poetry is like the close-up of the clenched fist that Rowland uses to introduce us to his character study — there’s a thoughtfulness behind the tight fingers, maybe even a broken soul, but its expression is that of a blunt object. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jul 30, 2020

The movie tries to convince you that Douglas is better than his worst self and can transcend the dehumanizing degradations in which he’s mired. But not even the filmmakers seem convinced, which may explain why they embrace baroque brutality topped by a dollop of audience-mollifying sentimentality. Read full review

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Johnboyblogs

Oct 26, 2020

A great movie, with a great cast. Beautifully shot and directed. Tense, emotional and perfectly paced. One of the best Irish films of the last ten years, it does Colin Barrets short story justice.