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Director:

David Gleeson

Writer:

David Gleeson (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

12 February 2008 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Thriller more

Tagline:

Death comes to all who embrace it. But it would not come to him. more

Plot:

An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery | full synopsis

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations more

User Comments:

seeking asylum more (13 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Eriq Ebouaney ... Joe Yumba

James Frain ... Eddie Gilroy
Gerard McSorley ... Detective Insp. Harbison

Hakeem Kae-Kazim ... Erasmus
Fatou N'Diaye ... Kala
Brian Eli Ssebunya ... Daniel

Orla O'Rourke ... Detective Susan Clohessey

Gavin O'Connor ... Detective Duffy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maclean Burke ... Plank
Dagmar Döring ... Sales Assistant
Glenn Gannon ... Frankie
Ben Alexander Hussock
Marko Jordan ... Police Officer
Laura Jane Laughlin ... Valerie
Garrett Lombard ... Anton
Ian McElhinney ... Mikey

Jordan Lee McGrath ... Detective / Policeman
Christian Senger ... Detective #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:

93 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Wide Eye Films more


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7 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
seeking asylum, 24 November 2006
7/10
Author: joegreene32

This isn't a bad attempt at an Irish crime movie. While James Frain hams it up as a baddie, Eric Ebouaney is very watchable as an asylum seeker looking to settle in the city. He is man with a secret just trying to get by and escape his past in the Congo. His wife and son arrive to be with him, but all is not what it seems. Taking a job as a security guard at a bank, he is soon in the thick of it, the victim of a from the headlines tiger kidnapping. When things go awry as they invariably do in this genre piece, there is hell to pay. Getting into bed with a gang of African racketeers – a first in an Irish film – the film subtly examines the plight of a refugee in an alien country, albeit against a heightened backdrop. The performances from Ebouaney and Hakeem Kae Kazim are good, though the Irish characters, particularly the police, are a little stiff. Camera-work is good and the soundtrack contemporary. The twist at the end is okay. Certainly an improvement on the director's first outing Cowboys and Angels. Warning: Brendan Gleeson is not in this film.

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