Savage (2009 Irish film)

Savage is a 2009 Irish psychological thriller film directed by Brendan Muldowney, starring Darren Healy and Nora-Jane Noone.

Savage
Directed byBrendan Muldowney
Written byBrendan Muldowney
Produced byConor Barry
Starring
CinematographyTom Comerford
Edited byMairead McIvor
Music byStephen McKeon
Production
company
Savage Productions
Distributed byTLA Releasing
Release dates
  • 10 July 2009 (2009-07-10) (Galway Film Fleadh)
  • 17 September 2010 (2010-09-17) (Ireland)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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Reception

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Donald Clarke of The Irish Times called the film a "finely honed shocker enlivened by occasional moments of impressively black humour".[1]

Gareth Jones of Dread Central gave the film a score of 4/5 and called it an "earnest, and devastating, study of the psychological effects of victimisation, brutalisation, intimidation, and sheer aggression turned inwards."[2]

Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that it "goes a long way on a very slim premise". Whitington praised the sound effects but criticised the "baroque conclusion that clumsily hammers home the film's message."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Clarke, Donald (17 September 2010). "Savage". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ Jones, Gareth (14 March 2011). "Savage (UK DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ Whitington, Paul (17 September 2010). "Movies: Savage * * *". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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