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Stop running. Face the future.Plot:
Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison... more | full synopsisUser Comments:
cleaning house moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Vinnie Jones | ... | Johnny Doyle |
 | Patrick Bergin | ... | Flynn |
 | Eriq La Salle | ... | Julius |
 | Samantha Mumba | ... | Rita |
| Lennox Lewis | ... | Ras |
 | Roger Daltrey | ... | Jimmy |
 | Laurence Kinlan | ... | Michael |
| Wilson Jermaine Heredia | ... | Sparra |
| Mark Asante | ... | Nathan |
 | Sam Sarpong | ... | Skipp |
 | Charles Porter | ... | Diggs |
| John Fashanu | ... | DJ Fash |
| Colin Stewart | ... | Druggie |
| Emma Little | ... | Cafe Waitress (as Emma Lyttle) |
| Gerard Carlin | ... | Dead Junkie |
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Rated R for violence, pervasive language, drug use and brief nudity.Parents Guide:
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Lennox Lewis spent his honeymoon in Belfast filming the movie less than a week after the wedding in Jamaica. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: In the shootout scene with the police in chapter 10, the white police Vauxhall Vectra has the registration number ATM 874L, this is a 1972 registration and the car is clearly post 2000. moreFAQ
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Johnny Was is a great Irish movie about criminals doing the right thing. Jones plays an ex-IRA operative trying to lay low after a bombing gone wrong until he can make a new life. Two of his old buddies (Bergin, Daltrey, Kinlin) who escape from prison and track him down to get revenge. They meet up with La Salle who is a drug dealer and Lewis the Rasta radio jock with a huge local following and Mumba who plays the drug dealers girl. They make try and scam each other until it all catches up with them in a very well thought out climax that left me with a smirk on my face. Not particularly fast paced, but the end is worth the wait.