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Johnny Was (2005)

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Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few well-placed bombs. Unable to escape Brixton, they are trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and a West Indian 'Yardie' crack-dealing gangster, Julius, downstairs. As the charismatic Flynn finds common ground with the

R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Sep 19, 2006

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Johnny Was has little going for it besides attitude. Ah, but what attitude.

September 20, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment
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In general, interesting story about a guy who wants to leave his past with an Irish separatist organization. Interesting characters and good acting all around.

August 24, 2008

I really liked it.. but I can't watch it without falling asleep for some reason.. Interesting little indie..

September 9, 2007

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