Bring Them Down

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Bring Them Down

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Released Feb 7

1h 46m

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Mystery & Thriller

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Starring Oscar-nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Christopher Abbott (Possessor, Sanctuary), BRING THEM DOWN is a tense and gripping thriller about two warring families set against the harsh landscape of rural west Ireland. When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael (Abbott) and Jack (Keoghan) suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered. From first-time filmmaker Christopher Andrews and co-starring Colm Meaney, Paul Ready and Nora-Jane Noone, this is a fierce, muscular debut that signals a bold new cinematic voice.

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By withholding clear heroes or easy villains in its tale of a destructive neighborly feud, Bring Them Down stands out as an exceptionally nuanced exercise in vengeance.

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Jonathan Romney

Financial Times

This is a clever film, and an atmospheric one, but its elaborate accumulation of cataclysms ultimately feels like one thing after — or before, or during — another.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 14, 2025

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It’s a serious, sombre film about something else — something, perhaps, very English that is fully smothered here.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 12, 2025

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

An impressive first feature from Christopher Andrews... a bruising tale of vengeance accompanied by a savage, percussive score by Hannah Peel that sounds as though it was played on scrap metal and abandoned farm machinery.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 10, 2025

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Playing like Peckinpah's homage to Shakespeare, Bring Them Down bludgeons its classically dramatic conflicts with brute force, but is neither pulpy nor cathartic, caught in the crosshairs of genre and tragedy.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 20, 2025

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

The ending of Bring Them Down is a tad underwhelming. However, this drama (about two families feuding over sheep) has good acting and an effective 'two sides to every story' narrative.

Mar 13, 2025

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Robert Stinner

In Review Online

Andrews seems to aim for a parable that critiques cycles of masculine violence, but the result is too thin in characterization and narrative development to read as anything more than a repetitive exercise in misery.

Feb 28, 2025

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KK

Strong acting. Interesting plot and setting. Good storytelling. Warning: does have some animal cruelty

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/25

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Gerald

too much not explained

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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Timothy C

Dark. Depressing. Scenes of animals being killed. Foul language. If that’s your thing, give it a try. I walked out. I don’t like to watch helpless animals being killed.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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donald a

story left too many questions. why were the authorities never iinvolved? too many things assumed...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/10/25

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Vegas V

Although the film had great performances and cinematography, both my friend and myself got sick watching this film! The abuse to animals was rampant and the abuse to the other families was also horrid! I am NOT a person who can calmly watch a film that shows intentional (although not actual) slaughter of animals and hatred between people who should be kind and non-abusive to their old neighbors. It made me sick and inside, I felt like crying!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/25

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debbie m

Grotesque and unnecessary turn in the story that left me feeling really bad after watching this movie. I can handle a dark plot but I dont know what kind of sicko writes this level of detail into a story that goes on far too long. The feud was already believable without needing to take the audience into the writers disgusting dark place. Its a shame because the acting was great but DO NOT see this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/25

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Starring Oscar-nominee Barry Keoghan (Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin) and Christopher Abbott (Possessor, Sanctuary), BRING THEM DOWN is a tense and gripping thriller about two warring families set against the harsh landscape of rural west Ireland. When the ongoing rivalry between farmers Michael (Abbott) and Jack (Keoghan) suddenly escalates, it triggers a chain of events that take increasingly violent and devastating turns, leaving both families permanently altered. From first-time filmmaker Christopher Andrews and co-starring Colm Meaney, Paul Ready and Nora-Jane Noone, this is a fierce, muscular debut that signals a bold new cinematic voice.

Director: Chris Andrews
Producer: Ivana Mackinnon, Julianne Forde, Jacob Swan Hyam, Ruth Treacy, Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Ilya Stewart
Screenwriter: Chris Andrews, Jonathan Hourigan
Distributor: MUBI
Production Co: Wild Swim, Tailored Films, Screen Ireland, MUBI, Frakas Productions
Rating: R (Some Grisly Images|Language Throughout|Brief Drug Use|Violent Content)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 7, 2025, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $335.2K
Runtime: 1h 46m

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