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Route Irish

  • 20102010
  • 1h 49m
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
4.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ken Loach
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mark Womack
    • Andrea Lowe
    • John Bishop
  • Director
    • Ken Loach
  • Writer
    • Paul Laverty(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mark Womack
    • Andrea Lowe
    • John Bishop
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 81Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Trailer 1:51
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    Andrea Lowe in Route Irish (2010)
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    Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    John Bishop in Route Irish (2010)
    Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    Andrea Lowe and Mark Womack in Route Irish (2010)
    Mark Womack and John Bishop in Route Irish (2010)
    Andrea Lowe in Route Irish (2010)
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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)
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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
    poignant, really impressive
    Many movies are political but just a few directors are as consciously political film-maker like Ken Loach. This work hasn't got a clear left-wing agenda like others but it's his point on the Iraki war and handles subjects discussed upon many occasions, such as the exploitation of the unemployed and war crimes. Aside from the original (in Loach's films) issue, Route Irish is a characteristic production of this director and has many grim sequences. There are also very good acting performances that keep pace with the progress of the story. The conclusion is shocking but on the whole the film is a didactic and angry thriller, in the typical style of the social realist Loach.
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    • antoniotierno
    • May 3, 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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