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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

"Money. Power. Revenge. The beautiful game. It's all on him."
Jimmy Banks is an old school agent who desperately needs to get his star player one last big payday before Jimmy’s life, and his client’s reputation, comes tumbling down.
“Money. Power. Revenge. The beautiful game. It's all on him.”

Danny Dyer
Jimmy Banks

Elliott Rogers
Matt Gravish

Carlos Bardem
Roberto Sanchez (voice)

Katy Cavanagh
DCI Garritty (voice)

Dagmar Döring
Kristy Brody (voice)

Demetri Goritsas
Ned Glaver (voice)

Chip
Jerome Sweet (voice)

Jo Whiley
Radio DJ (voice)
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Brendan Muldowney directs. Narayan Van Maele behind the camera. Stephen McKeon scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
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As I watched this, I wondered if perhaps it might have made for a better stage play for Danny Dyer, rather than a film? He’s the unscrupulous football agent “Jimmy Banks” whose only client is presently up before an High Court jury on charges of rape. He has managed to secure a lucrative long-term contract for his charge, but obviously that depends on him being acquitted. Meantime, his grown-up daughter calls him to suggest he take her out for her birthday - which he’d forgotten, and so we learn that his inconsiderate behaviour isn’t just restricted to his professional life. She is best friends with a bright young player called “Jerome” and so “Jimmy” offers to find him a dream position in Madrid. Even more cash! Then he gets a call from a mysterious blackmailer who appears to have audio recordings that could ensure that not only will his errant footballer go to jail, but that his involvement in a cover up might see him destined to follow. As he vacillates between arrogance, cockiness and then booze-fuelled panic, the story unfolds… It is fairly obvious who is behind the threatening calls as there are clues a-plenty for us to put 2 and 1.7 together - indeed the story itself is all a bit simplistically contrived. Dyer, though, is at the top of his game as his frequently found-mouthed “Jimmy” delivers a gamut of emotions for an hour and an half, as well as casting quite a few aspersions on the business of international football (nor soccer, you understand!). He’s a charismatic, if hardly versatile, actor who seems to be able to exude an odiousness here without actually crafting someone we hate, and there is a twist at the end that almost encourages us to a tiny degree of pity. I’m not so sure about the “didn’t know because you didn’t want to know” philosophy, but it’s certainly a powerful effort that is worth a watch.
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Village Films
Hail Mary Pictures
IE
Wildcard Distribution
IE

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
IE

Northern Ireland Screen
GB
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