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Synopsis

Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.

Cast

  • Cosmo Jarvis
  • Barry Keoghan
  • Liam Carney
  • David Wilmot
  • Brian Doherty
  • Ned Dennehy
  • Simone Kirby
  • Roisin O'Neill
  • Toni O'Rourke
  • Hazel Doupe

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Metacritic

75
Aug 1, 2020

Despite the claustrophobic entrapment in a violent and hyper-masculine world, The Shadow of Violence is an ultimately moving morality tale announcing a confident new voice in international cinema. Not to mention a powerful vehicle for its two leads, Jarvis and Barry Keoghan.

Ryan Lattanzio
IndieWire
50
Jul 30, 2020

The movie tries to convince you that Douglas is better than his worst self and can transcend the dehumanizing degradations in which he’s mired. But not even the filmmakers seem convinced, which may explain why they embrace baroque brutality topped by a dollop of audience-mollifying sentimentality.

Metacritic review by Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
The New York Times
75
Jul 27, 2020

First-time feature director Nick Rowland makes the violence in-your-face and the scenes where Arm starts to struggle with it wrenching. Dude stages a mean Irish backroads car-chase, too.

Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation