The action, suspense, and tone of the movie are as flat as Stevenson's inflectionless dialogue.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Nov 30, 2020

A solid indie action flick with a strong ensemble cast.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 13, 2020

"Kill the Irishman" is like a history book, where this and that and this other thing all happen at the appropriate moments, but there is little in the way of character development or emotional connection.

| Original Score: C | Jul 11, 2020

Electing to shoot in Detroit was a wise choice, not only for the great tax incentives for filmmakers, but also for the fact it has very depressed areas reminiscent of the 70's period, exemplifying the essence and look of a gritty Great Lakes port city.

| Nov 16, 2019

Kill the Irishman tries a little too hard for an emotional impact it can't achieve, but it still tells an engrossing story about an interesting man living in interesting times.

| Original Score: B | Feb 16, 2019

KILL THE IRISHMAN should be appreciated as an important look at the way Greene affected the mob and crimes back in the late 70s.

| Aug 28, 2013

Hensleigh wields the techniques with a sure hand and uses them to construct a compelling, engaging narrative, but at the same time seasoned viewers will constantly feel a nagging sense of familiarity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 25, 2011

It's a small-scale film, but it packs a solid punch.

| Jun 13, 2011

A certain clenched-fist tonality to the picture that helps it wade through routine, and it's nice to see the city of Cleveland used for change when detailing the horrors and intimidation of mob rule, giving NYC the day off.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 12, 2011

It's not just that the movie appears to find Greene far more charming than he was in Porrello's book. It's that Kill the Irishman never brings either freshness or energy to its tale. In the end, even the many explosions seem tired.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 5, 2011

It's great summer night slumming cinema, with an integral moral complexity that doesn't intrude but guides the action.

| Apr 25, 2011

Certainly the filmmakers rounded up the right cast of tough-guy actors for this story of mob activity, but their presence doesn't lend much vigor to this unfocused and sentimental tale.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 15, 2011

A minor mob-cinema classic.

| Apr 11, 2011

...suffers from the twin deficits of a charm-free leading man and a screenplay that seems composed of dialogue and scenes written and then discarded by writers working on better films.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 8, 2011

Hey, "Kill the Irishman." "The Sopranos" called. It wants its actors back. Along with everything else you borrowed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 8, 2011

Rushed and simplistic, with little sense of its characters as people or the flavor of their time and place.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2011

[Stevenson is] crazily charismatic here, a blend of brash cockiness and sensitivity, and he makes a satisfying film even better.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 7, 2011

The cast makes up for some occasionally spotty storytelling and telegraphing of events that keep "Irishman" from being as good as it could have been.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 7, 2011

What makes this film special and memorable is the character of Danny Green, who is not the usual neighborhood hoodlum you see in movies, the kind who gets in deep and gradually loses his soul.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 24, 2011

Will hardly replace the classic gangster flicks, but it's a pretty good little account of an episode in American mob history that had surprisingly wide-ranging ramifications.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 24, 2011