Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mickey Rourke | ... | Martin Fallon | |
Bob Hoskins | ... | Father Michael Da Costa | |
Alan Bates | ... | Jack Meehan | |
Sammi Davis | ... | Anna | |
Christopher Fulford | ... | Billy Meehan | |
Liam Neeson | ... | Liam Docherty | |
Leonard Termo | ... | Bonati | |
Camille Coduri | ... | Jenny Fox | |
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Maurice O'Connell | ... | Superintendant Miller |
Alison Doody | ... | Siobhan Donovan | |
Karl Johnson | ... | Fitzgerald | |
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Ian Bartholomew | ... | Kristou |
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Peggy Aitchison | ... | Mrs. Orton |
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Cliff Burnett | ... | Fred Varley |
Anthony Head | ... | Rupert |
Martin Fallon is an I.R.A. bomber who tries to blow up a troop truck, but instead kills a bus load of school children. He loses heart and quits the movement and goes to London trying to leave the U.K. and start a new life. The I.R.A. wants him back (he knows too much) and the local crime boss, Meehan, will only help him if he performs one last hit, on a rival crime boss. When Fallon does perform the hit, he is seen by a Catholic priest. He refuses to kill an innocent again, and must find a way to escape the police without killing the priest who can identify him. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Mickey Rourke is a much deeper and more dedicated actor than he gets credit for. His accent in " A Prayer.." is spot on and that is quite an accomplishment that takes months of dedication. He takes his place up in the front row with Gary Oldman, Pete Postlewaithe (sp.?) and I even have to include Brad Pitt after his amazing performance in Snatch. Rourke's Bad Boy image makes the moral dilemma he creates for himself or finds himself in even more effective. Brilliant scene when Hoskins becomes increasingly irate and at the peak of his fury we see him from Rourke's POV and his dark outline eclipses the first few letters of a "Courage" beer sign and only the flashing red neon letters RAGE remain.