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The film earned €2.5 million at the Irish box office, briefly becoming the most successful independent Irish film. It earned $ 896,993 at the North
American domestic box office and $ 3,959,305 internationally, for a worldwide total of $ 4,856,298, against a production budget of $ 5 million.
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John is utterly lost without
Deirdre and is determined to win her back. Mick, having become suspended from his job and low on funds, comes up with a scheme involving Lehiff and John. They kidnap Sam and hold Deirdre captive. They force Sam to go to his bank to get money for a ransom. Just as the plan
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Later, Mick loses his job after being wrongfully blamed for the crash; he becomes obsessed with taking revenge on the boy who caused it. After chasing Philip in his car, he loses control and is left balancing over the canal. Philip sits on the bonnet and jumps off, letting the car drop into the
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Detective Lynch chases and corners Lehiff in an open field. He decides to take him on, while Ben films everything. Unfortunately, Lynch miscalculates; Lehiff gets the upper hand and threatens to kill him. Ben snatches at the gun and shoots Lehiff. Lynch covers it all up.
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As the credits roll, Noeleen and Sam, now reunited, are in their house watching television. She is purposely sitting on the remote control and bullying him into changing the channels by hand.
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seems to be working out, everything goes wrong, as Sam is assaulted by his enraged wife
Noeleen on the street and the GardaĂ are forced to intervene. Mick and John flee without the money.
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It features several of
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The film was generally well-received by critics. On the
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272:$ 5 million
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