269:
flees the suburbs, leaving Dano and Jay behind. Derra and his crew hunt down and kill Dano as Jay takes his family and Sarah, pregnant with their child, on the run. While at the airport, Jay receives a phone call from Kim, asking him to rescue her from the Murphy household. Allowing Sarah and his mum to go first, Jay goes back to pick Kim up out of guilt. It turns out to be a trap: Kim betrays him to Derra's gang for murdering her son. Jay is taken to the lake where he killed Sean and executed, the last thing he sees being the plane taking his loved ones to safety.
268:
Kim is beaten to a pulp over her affair with Jay. Derra invites Jay over to his house with a job offer, only to be rebuffed by Jay at gunpoint. Enraged by the insult, Sean Murphy, Derra's hotheaded son, murders Cobbie in response. Jay and his crew retaliate by kidnapping and killing Sean. Glenner
264:
with his friends Dano, Glenner and Cobbie; learns he is cut off from unemployment benefits due to a recent DJing gig. To make matters worse, he finds out his mother has been taking loans from Derra Murphy, the local crime lord, to pay for her debts and bills. Jay and his friends begin procure and
31:
349:, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 18 reviews, and an average rating of 6.7/10. Moreover, it earned €550,000 at the national box office and became the most viewed Irish film of 2017.
265:
deal drugs on
Darndale territory, spiting Derra. All the while, Jay strikes up a relationship with Kim Murphy, Derra's wife, which ruins his budding relationship with Sarah, his girlfriend.
253:
The film follows Jay and his friends as they attempt to take control of the
Darndale drug trade from Murphy, who has controlled the Darndale drug trade for the last 30 years.
511:
526:
521:
516:
242:
501:
506:
278:
84:
71:
55:
491:
320:
102:
284:
447:
496:
476:
342:
314:
296:
97:
394:
346:
399:
389:
305:
89:
485:
30:
358:
226:
422:"Cardboard Gangsters is the most popular Irish film of 2017 at the box office"
421:
257:
230:
470:
261:
234:
238:
377:
448:"CARDBOARD GANGSTERS: Irish Crime Thriller Is Brutally Effective"
256:
24 year old Jayson "Jay" Connelly, who lives with his friends in
210:
202:
192:
157:
146:
117:
77:
67:
48:
40:
23:
8:
29:
20:
420:Abbatescianni, Davide (22 January 2018).
311:Fíonna Hewitt Twamley as Angela Connolly
370:
326:Kyle Bradley Donaldson as Stephen Kelly
512:Films about organised crime in Ireland
7:
527:English-language crime drama films
14:
243:Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
446:Winter, Andrew (23 March 2018).
1:
329:Lydia McGuinness as Christina
522:English-language crime films
517:2010s English-language films
390:"Cardboard Gangsters (2017)"
302:Ciaran McCabe as Sean Murphy
543:
129:Five Knight Films Limited
28:
290:Paul Alwright as Glenner
281:as Jayson "Jay" Connolly
502:Irish crime drama films
166:22 April 2017
507:2017 crime drama films
332:Toni O'Rourke as Sarah
293:Ryan Lincoln as Cobbie
177:16 June 2017
150:Wildcard Distribution
107:Kyle Bradley Donaldson
94:Fíonna Hewitt Twamley
241:. It was funded by
35:Irish release poster
472:Cardboard Gangsters
321:Gemma-Leah Devereux
222:Cardboard Gangsters
132:EGG Post Production
103:Gemma-Leah Devereux
24:Cardboard Gangsters
343:review aggregator
218:
217:
153:
534:
456:
455:
443:
437:
436:
434:
432:
417:
411:
410:
408:
406:
386:
380:
375:
315:Kierston Wareing
297:Jimmy Smallhorne
225:is a 2017 Irish
184:
182:
173:
171:
151:
110:Lydia McGuinness
98:Kierston Wareing
33:
21:
542:
541:
537:
536:
535:
533:
532:
531:
482:
481:
465:
460:
459:
445:
444:
440:
430:
428:
419:
418:
414:
404:
402:
395:Rotten Tomatoes
388:
387:
383:
376:
372:
367:
355:
347:Rotten Tomatoes
339:
308:as Curly Murphy
299:as Derra Murphy
275:
251:
195:
188:
180:
178:
169:
167:
160:
142:
141:
122:
120:
113:
63:
36:
19:
18:2017 Irish film
12:
11:
5:
540:
538:
530:
529:
524:
519:
514:
509:
504:
499:
494:
484:
483:
480:
479:
468:
464:
463:External links
461:
458:
457:
438:
412:
400:Fandango Media
381:
369:
368:
366:
363:
362:
361:
354:
351:
338:
335:
334:
333:
330:
327:
324:
318:
312:
309:
306:Damien Dempsey
303:
300:
294:
291:
288:
282:
274:
271:
250:
247:
216:
215:
212:
208:
207:
204:
200:
199:
196:
193:
190:
189:
187:
186:
185: (Ireland)
175:
174: (Newport)
163:
161:
158:
155:
154:
148:
147:Distributed by
144:
143:
140:
139:
136:
133:
130:
126:
125:
123:
118:
115:
114:
112:
111:
108:
105:
100:
95:
92:
90:Damien Dempsey
87:
81:
79:
75:
74:
69:
65:
64:
62:
61:
58:
52:
50:
46:
45:
42:
38:
37:
34:
26:
25:
17:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
539:
528:
525:
523:
520:
518:
515:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
489:
487:
478:
474:
473:
469:
467:
466:
462:
453:
449:
442:
439:
427:
423:
416:
413:
401:
397:
396:
391:
385:
382:
379:
374:
371:
364:
360:
357:
356:
352:
350:
348:
344:
336:
331:
328:
325:
322:
319:
317:as Kim Murphy
316:
313:
310:
307:
304:
301:
298:
295:
292:
289:
286:
283:
280:
277:
276:
272:
270:
266:
263:
259:
254:
248:
246:
244:
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
223:
213:
209:
205:
201:
197:
191:
176:
165:
164:
162:
159:Release dates
156:
149:
145:
137:
135:Stalker Films
134:
131:
128:
127:
124:
116:
109:
106:
104:
101:
99:
96:
93:
91:
88:
86:
83:
82:
80:
76:
73:
70:
66:
60:Mark O'Connor
59:
57:
54:
53:
51:
47:
44:Mark O'Connor
43:
39:
32:
27:
22:
16:
471:
452:Film Inquiry
451:
441:
429:. Retrieved
425:
415:
403:. Retrieved
393:
384:
373:
340:
285:Fionn Walton
279:John Connors
267:
255:
252:
221:
220:
219:
194:Running time
138:Teach Solais
85:John Connors
72:John Connors
56:John Connors
15:
431:27 February
378:BAI website
359:Paper tiger
41:Directed by
492:2017 films
486:Categories
365:References
227:crime film
198:92 minutes
181:2017-06-16
170:2017-04-22
119:Production
49:Written by
426:Cineuropa
337:Reception
323:as Roisin
152:(Ireland)
121:companies
497:Darndale
405:23 March
353:See also
345:website
258:Darndale
231:Darndale
211:Language
78:Starring
68:Story by
341:On the
287:as Dano
262:Coolock
235:Coolock
229:set in
214:English
206:Ireland
203:Country
179: (
168: (
239:Dublin
477:IMDb
433:2022
407:2018
273:Cast
249:Plot
475:at
488::
450:.
424:.
398:.
392:.
260:,
245:.
237:,
233:,
454:.
435:.
409:.
183:)
172:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
