The Young Offenders (2016)

Two teenage boys cycle 160km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.

Director:

Peter Foott

Writers:

Peter Foott, Jocelyn Clarke (story editor)

Stars:

Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Hilary Rose

11 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alex Murphy	...	Conor MacSweeney
Chris Walley	...	Jock Murphy
Hilary Rose	...	Mairead MacSweeney / Female News Anchor
Dominic MacHale	...	Sergeant Healy
P.J. Gallagher	...	Ray the Drug Dealer
Shane Casey	...	Billy Murphy
Pascal Scott	...	Farmer
Ciaran Bermingham	...	Superintendent Flynn
Michael Sands	...	Jock's Dad / News Reporter
Cora Fenton	...	Jock's Mother
Stephen O'Connor	...	Angry Dad
Fionula Linehan	...	DIY Cashier
Wesley O'Duinn	...	Fish Man
Antoinette Hilliard	...	Fish Head Woman
Tommy Harris	...	Big Mouth (as Thomas Harris)

Storyline

Inspired by the true story of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007, The Young Offenders is a comedy road movie about best friends Conor and Jock, two inner-city teenagers from Cork who dress the same, act the same, and even have the same bum-fluff mustaches. Jock is a legendary bike thief who plays a daily game of cat-and-mouse with the bike-theft-obsessed Garda Sergeant Healy. When a drug-trafficking boat capsizes off the coast of West Cork and 61 bales of cocaine, each worth 7 million euro, are seized, word gets out that there is a bale missing. The boys steal two bikes and go on a road trip hoping to find a missing bale which they can sell so as to escape their troubled home lives....But Sergeant Healy is in hot pursuit.

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Plot Keywords:

cocaine | teenager | ireland | thief | police | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place in 2007.

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Goofs

Conor's room features an Eminem poster from his 2013 album even though the movie is set in 2007.

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Quotes

Mairead MacSweeney: See that? That's called a Suckerfish. That's going to be your nickname in prison.

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Crazy Credits

In the start of the movie when Conor said some "dickhead" on a roof dropped a hammer on his dads head, at the credits he is listed down as "dickhead on the roof"

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Connections

Spoofs Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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Soundtracks

Last Man Standing
by Andrew Bojanic, Phil T. Kenidis, Randall Cooke, Elizabeth Joan Hooper (as Elizabeth Hooper) and Dirty Dick
Extreme Music Library Ltd./IMRO

User Reviews

Fantastic Little Gem of a Movie

I expected some comedy, but this was hilarious fun. There is pace and action not dissimilar from Guy Ritchie movies. It reminded me of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels on a much lighter tone and probably twice as funny.

I absolutely loved the stylised but down to earth storytelling, and the narrative. I hope the director/writer come up with more stylised comedy like this. It is not filled with gratuitous violence. It is definitely recommended viewing.

I have given it an enthusiastic 9 because I have not laughed so much in a while. It would have still been a 7 if I laughed 50% less!!

Details

Official Sites:

The Young Offenders Website

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 2016 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

The Young Offenders

Filming Locations:

English Market, Cork City, Ireland

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,862

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Ireland, Vico Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1