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Route Irish

  • 2010
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.6K
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Route Irish (2010)
 	The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth
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The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.The story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.

  • Director
    • Ken Loach
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty
  • Stars
    • Mark Womack
    • Andrea Lowe
    • John Bishop
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    4.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ken Loach
    • Writer
      • Paul Laverty
    • Stars
      • Mark Womack
      • Andrea Lowe
      • John Bishop
    • 23User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Andrea Lowe in Route Irish (2010)
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    Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
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    Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    Andrea Lowe and Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    Mark Womack and John Bishop in Route Irish (2010)
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    Top cast

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    Mark Womack
    Mark Womack
    • Fergus
    Andrea Lowe
    Andrea Lowe
    • Rachel
    John Bishop
    John Bishop
    • Frankie
    Geoff Bell
    Geoff Bell
    • Alex Walker
    Jack Fortune
    • Haynes
    Talib Rasool
    • Harim
    Craig Lundberg
    • Craig
    Vortre Williams
    • Nelson
    • (as Trevor Williams)
    Russell Anderson
    • Tommy
    Jamie Michie
    Jamie Michie
    • Jamie
    Bradley Thompson
    • Young Fergus
    Daniel Foy
    • Young Frankie
    Najwa Nimri
    Najwa Nimri
    • Marisol
    Maggie Southers
    • Frankie's Mother
    R. David
    • David
    Tony Schumacher
    • Andy
    • (as Anthony Schumacher)
    Gary Cargill
    Gary Cargill
    • Undertaker
    Donna Elso
    • Peggy
    • Director
      • Ken Loach
    • Writer
      • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Jordan stood in for Iraq - as it had done for Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (2008). The production team shot for a week there.
    • Quotes

      Harim: This song is from Mesopotamia, uh... which means the land between the two rivers: the Tigris and the Eufrates, where the homo sapiens learned to write, to count and mark the stars, which anthropologists called the cradle of civilizations. In my dreams it might be once again.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Rocks
      Written by Bobby Gillespie, Robert Young and Andrew Innes

      performed by Primal Scream

    User reviews23

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    7/10
    423rd Review: Passion overtakes Ken Loach - off-balanced but effective
    Ken Loach remains the British auteur. Route Irish while definitely not his best due to the off-script ad lib workshop style remains a powerful and relevant film. It would have been made into a big Hollywood thriller in the US going all the way up to the Senate and beyond, and this is the film's strength - it focuses on squaddies - simple soldiers - no big politics here - and the film gets its impact from that.

    The plot of the man whose best friend joins up because of him then dies is mysterious circumstances in Iraq is a very strong plot - more so that most Loach films.

    Set in Liverpool and Iraq the filming, the settings, the language, and even, in places the acting are crude and in your face - this is not Ae Fond Kiss or even The Wind That Shakes The Barley, this is an angry Ken, a Ken saying look this matters forget subtlety - let's just get it done.

    The film is carried by Mark Womack who brings both skill as an actor and improviser and an unknown raw almost out of control energy that carries the themes and give the film its power.

    All in all, while not Loach's best in terms of film, this should be his most powerful and relevant, but by opting for a crude and broad approach instead of some subtle in with the barrage - left this viewer numbed - some space and silences (Like all over Loach films have had magnificently) would have helped perhaps.

    A visceral film but one that overpowers the viewer's emotions too much, one that while still very powerful doesn't linger as other Loach films have.
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    • May 27, 2011

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2011 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Italy
      • Belgium
      • Spain
    • Official sites
      • Official site (France)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Tehlikeli yol
    • Filming locations
      • Liverpool, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Sixteen Films
      • Why Not Productions
      • Wild Bunch
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,022,411
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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