The Front Line is an interesting Irish Film
25/08/2006 - 16:02:17The Front Line
Director: David Gleeson
Cast: Eriq Ebouaney, Gerard McSorley, James Frain, Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Cert: 15
An interesting Irish film that tries, at least, to be different as it examines the problems of a newly-arrived refugee from Africa (Ebouaney).
He gets a job in a bank while awaiting the arrival of his family, and garners the attention of a local gang who force him, by threatening his family, to act as the inside-man in a robbery.
But our hero has a past and the gang discover he’s not the easy push-over they imagined.
Gleeson’s directing is crisp and well-paced and while the film stumbles at times it emerges well on the credit side thanks to the playing of the cast.
Star Rating: 4/5
