Richard Karlsen is the golden-boy athlete and alpha-male of his set of South Dublin friends.
The summer between the end of school and the beginning of university is here, and the world is bright and everything seems possible.
That is until one summer night, Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him.....
Its a really difficult film to watch, it hangs a low mood from the offset, and just gets more and more maundering as the film reaches its climax.
But the subject matter is powerful, and the performances are brilliant, especially the lead. The split decision to kick a man in the head, will haunt the titular character forever.
The guilt will stay with him, and his family, but the fundamental thing about the act is the cowardice that was involved, giving a while new meaning to the phrase 'kick a man while he's down'.
So there's the added frustration of him doing it out of spite, and the character will always have that, 'what if I'd just walked away?'.
There are so many what ifs? In this movie, that it can get bogged down in its own preaching, but other than that, its a solid movie.
The summer between the end of school and the beginning of university is here, and the world is bright and everything seems possible.
That is until one summer night, Richard does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him.....
Its a really difficult film to watch, it hangs a low mood from the offset, and just gets more and more maundering as the film reaches its climax.
But the subject matter is powerful, and the performances are brilliant, especially the lead. The split decision to kick a man in the head, will haunt the titular character forever.
The guilt will stay with him, and his family, but the fundamental thing about the act is the cowardice that was involved, giving a while new meaning to the phrase 'kick a man while he's down'.
So there's the added frustration of him doing it out of spite, and the character will always have that, 'what if I'd just walked away?'.
There are so many what ifs? In this movie, that it can get bogged down in its own preaching, but other than that, its a solid movie.