Absolutely love this

This movie is a series of comedically over dramatized scenes patched together into something that somewhat resembles a storyline. The acting is terrible, the script poorly written, the development of plot and characters non existent. This entire movie feels like a parody.

Terrible acting. No charisma. Direction and dialogue was mediocre

An entertaining Irish mob picture about a tough Irishman. Witness the Irish mob wage war with the Italian mafia in Cleveland, Ohio. It's a fun movie through and through as you get to see Ray Stevenson portray Irish union leader and Irish mobster Danny Greene. Kill the Irishman (2011) is easily Stevenson's finest acting as tough guy Danny Greene with his quick temper, mad talk, daring actions, brutal kills, and resilient existence. His acting carries the whole movie and elevates it into a neat character study biopic rather than just a simple mob movie. Jonathan Hensleigh's direction is pretty neat and clean as he tells a rough man's life story in an efficient way. He makes the time period of 1970's Cleveland feel real and seedy. Patrizia von Brandenstein's production design is really neat and old school with green everywhere! Karl Walter Lindenlaub's cinematography uses wide shots for pensive reflection and vicious violence alike. Douglas Crise's editing is kind of all over the place as he takes you from place to place a bit too suddenly. When he's got you in a scene, you are absorbed by the neat shots and great acting, but the cuts to over things are jarring. Jonathan Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters' writing is a bit too machismo driven, but I guess that comes with the territory. I don't always feel like the characters talk like real people instead of movie characters. Patrick Cassidy's score is neat with Irish folk melodies and hard rhythms throughout Kill the Irishman for an old timey feel. Melissa Bruning's dusty leather costumes are great and the ladies' dresses are quite pretty. Kill the Irishman's supporting cast is pretty incredible really with Linda Cardellini as Danny Greene's first wife Joan Madigan. She's enchanting as a sweet waitress and loving mother, while poignant as a wife watching her husband commit heinous crimes. Her eyes tell you everything you need to know. Vincent D'Onofrio is great as Danny's supportive mafia friend John Nardi. Val Kilmer is excellent as Joe Manditski the police officer and childhood friend of Danny Greene. Christopher Walken is fun and frightening as the cold mafia connection Shondor Birns. Robert Davi is awesome as the cold assassin Ray Ferritto. Fionnula Flanagan has a cameo as a nice old Irish lady. Bob Gunton plays such a mean, gross union boss named Jerry Merke. Jason Butler Harner plays a good seedy gambler Art. Vinnie Jones is solid as Danny's garbage connection Keith Ritson. Laura Ramsay is very pretty as Danny's blonde girlfriend Ellie O'Hara. I love Paul Sorvino as Sicilian mob boss Tony Salerno. Mike Starr is funny as the mafia goon Leo "Lips" Moceri. Lastly, Vinny Vella has a cameo as Frank Brancato. In short, Kill the Irishman's cast is stacked with talented character actors. They all don't get to shine equally, but they all deliver while on screen. In all, Kill the Irishman is no Goodfellas, Killing Them Softly, or The Godfather, but it feels almost as good as The Iceman if you liked that movie. I have enjoyed Kill the Irishman thoroughly more than once and can easily see myself returning to this explosive picture.

Not the greatest gangster movie but it's worth giving it a watch...

A great and highly under-rated movie based on a true story. Ray Stevenson (from Rome) always delivers. Ignore the bad reviews. If you like gangster movies based on real life, this is not one to miss.

A Really Good Movie about the Cleveland Organized Crime scene in the 1970s. A subject that I knew nothing about. A very good performance by Ray Stevenson as Danny Greene. Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken all shine in their respective roles.

Decent. Linda Cardellini is underrated as an actress.

I like mob movies but this was not great. I'm sure the story followed the historical events fairly well, but several slow or off-putting scenes made it hard to keep watching. When I got to the end I don't know if I was relieved or upset.

This is a really entertaining movie and very true to the actual facts. I would recommend watching the documentary on Danny Green first and then watching this movie. I can't believe I haven't heard of it until recently but that goes for many things. I really think you will enjoy this movie much more so than the critics have allowed. I find it to be a lot better than the Irishman that was released recently by Scorsese

I was 50/50 on whether to recommend this movie. Ultimately I decided to do so because it's pretty accurate historically and if you're a fan of the gangster genre you'll probably like it. If you're not you probably won't.

A very enjoyable movie and definitely worth a watch

Decent crime flick about a tough Irishman who had to stugatz to stand up to the Italians. Don't expect the next Goodfellas but this was relatively well done. Only major drawback is Vincent D'Onfrio as a completely unconvincing "gangster". The guy who owns the pizzaria on my street is more intimidating. Otherwise, this is highly watchable.

I really like Ray Stevenson as Danny Greene. I think his portrayal is great and deserves to be in the cannon of great main mob movie characters. I think the pacing is off, the start of the film is very fast, he goes from a union worker to union boss within 5 minutes. The supporting cast is decent. The actors are really trying to give it their all. The storyline is good and easy to follow. An overall decent mafia movie.

Barely decent crime flick. Occasionally, almost amateurish in its story and dialogue. Danny is the protagonist, but we really don't care much about him. He'd rather be a thug union organizer than take care of his family. The movie overall is a "lightweight" in the crime genre.

Top notch to the acting and production. Highly enjoyable 1970's gangster movie.

This movie totally lost me in the first 20 minutes. The plot moves way too fast, important things aren't being focused on, but the acting is alright I guess. I mean, considering the cast it has, I'm not surprised. This is as long as most January action movies, which shows. The main character goes from being broke, to being the boss, to literally being jailed in the span of 15 minutes. If you are going to rush things like that, nobody is going to be interested for the rest of the movie, and that has sadly happened to me. The narrative is also pretty messy, since it uses narration for like 3 times, time cards, long time jumps, etc. One of the only redeeming qualities of this movie are the last 20 minutes. The last 20 mintues of the movie are really good actually. The character gets some depth added to it, but it only does that to make us feel more sorry for its death, which is not necessarily a bad thing, I guess. Kill the Irishman is very messy movie, that adds aboslutely nothing new to the genre. I personally expected more from this, and the bad aspects definitely outweigh the good here, sadly.

It's too familiar and just not that exciting or interesting.

This movie was excellent telling of the life of a real person and was told very well. The cast's acting was also excellent.

I'm not sure which film the rest of you watched, but even the mighty Walken couldn't save this cluster f#*k. The script sounds like it was written by AI and you can do better SFX with tissue paper. The only saving grace is Vinny Jones' Carribean-influenced interpretation of a Lithuanian-Irish accent.