Bring Them Down

2025 1h 45m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 105

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Synopsis

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When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael and Jack suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Christopher Abbott
Michael
Barry Keoghan
Jack
Colm Meaney
Ray
Susan Lynch
Peggy
Nora-Jane Noone
Caroline
Paul Ready
Gary
Aaron Heffernan
Lee
Conor MacNeill
Nathan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christopher Andrews
Writers: Christopher Andrews, Jonathan Hourigan, Christopher Andrews
Languages: Irish, English
Countries: Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released last year.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Irish, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christopher Andrews, shot by Nick Cooke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hannah Peel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor George Cragg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan and Colm Meaney carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt14186876 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Christopher Andrews directs. Nick Cooke behind the camera. Hannah Peel scores. George Cragg cuts. Produced in Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom. Dialogue in Irish, English.

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1Released last year.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Irish, English.
3International production across 3 countries: Belgium, Ireland, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Christopher Andrews, shot by Nick Cooke. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Hannah Peel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor George Cragg shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan and Colm Meaney carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt14186876 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Nick Cooke
Original score: Hannah Peel
Editing: George Cragg
Production design: Fletcher Jarvis
Costume design: Hannah Bury
Makeup / hair: Frances Galligan
VFX supervisor: Tristan Lilien
Sound: Gert Janssen
Stunt coordinator: Joe Condren
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Bring Them Down (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-02-13
★ 7/10
We start with a fairly traumatic car accident that goes some way in explaining just why, many years later, the sheep farming “Michael” (Christopher Abbott) is living with his immobile dad (Colm Meaney) and living a fairly unfulfilled life. Their neighbour calls to advise that a couple of his rams have been found dead on their farm and so when he goes to investigate, we meet “Caroline” (Nora-Jane Noone) who used to be his girlfriend before she left him for “Gary” (Paul Ready) and they had son “Jack” (Barry Keoghan). With no evidence of the corpses, he heads to the market to buy replacements only to find that his neighbours haven’t been straight with him and that there’s quite enough history here to ensure that “Michael” keeps his mouth shut. Meantime, things aren’t proving much better for the couple next door as their farm is struggling to pay it’s way and when their young son comes up with an unilateral scheme with his thuggish cousin “Lee” (Aaron Heffernan) to raise, rather brutally, some extra cash then things turn violent and dangerous now with just about every element of trust out the window! This isn’t a mystery for the squeamish as it highlights some of the real difficulties faced by hill farmers facing financial difficulties trying to make their inhospitable land pay. The story itself here is a bit of a mess, and though it does gradually start to make a little sense towards the end, for the most part it seems a little too thinly stretched and reliant on the time-shifting chronology to tell us an under-characterised story from differing perspectives as the threads rather far-fetchedly come together at the end. It’s a fine looking film offering an authentic look at a barely better than subsistence form of life populated by folks suspicious of newcomers and of each other, but I couldn’t help but feel this needed a much firmer hand on the storytelling front and Keoghan just too old for the part. Abbott delivers well, and it’s still worth a watch - but television in due course ought to be fine.

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