CrimeActionRomance

Blackbird

- Some things are still worth dying for.

Troubled secret agent "Blackbird" abruptly retires from service and opens a luxurious nightclub in the Caribbean to escape the dark shadows of his past. An old flame arrives and reignites love in his life but she brings danger with her.

Release Date : 2022-09-02

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Dance Lord ProductionsEgo Studio

Production Country : IrelandUnited Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Victor Blackley

Original Name : Michael Flatley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blake

Original Name : Eric Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Head

Original Name : Patrick Bergin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brea

Original Name : Rachel Warren

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nick

Original Name : Ian Beattie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dealer

Original Name : Lauren Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vivian

Original Name : Nicole Evans

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sayid

Original Name : Saif Al-Warith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonas

Original Name : Stefan Boehm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurgent

Original Name : Byron Broadbent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Matiti

Original Name : Anthony Chisholm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Tony Fadil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurgent

Original Name : Stevie Greaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ahmed

Original Name : Sami Karim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farooq

Original Name : Javed Khan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Caz

Original Name : Lara Lemon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grace

Original Name : Raha Rahbari

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madeleine

Original Name : Mary Louise Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kwan

Original Name : Phillip Ray Tommy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Martin Byrne

Original Name : Bryan Samson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andrew

Original Name : Alan Calton

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Ambassador

Original Name : Tony Tang

Gender : Male

Character Name : James

Original Name : Sam Wilkinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Dealer

Original Name : Lauren Harris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Muhammed

Original Name : Serhat Metin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Yvonne May

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest

Original Name : Alan Riordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maid

Original Name : Clare Mullen

Gender : Female

Character Name : House guest

Original Name : Richie Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurgent

Original Name : Stephen Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Insurgent (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Broadbent

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-05

Hats off to Showcase cinemas for at least giving this an outing in the UK. That's the positive out of the way. The rest of this is borderline terrible. It all centres around director/writer/star Michael Flatley who portrays retired super-agent "Victor Blackley" - a sort of suave and debonaire hybrid of Kevin Spacey and Bob Hope. He runs a swish Caribbean hotel with his pals "Nick" (Ian Beattie), "Caz" (Lara Lemon) and "Matiti" (Anthony Chisholm). All of his cohorts were also in an outfit called the "Chieftains" (no, not the Irish folk singers). They are used to the rich, famous and not so savoury staying at their hotel so when "Blake" (Eric Roberts) arrives, "Victor" is content to mind his own business. Until, that is, he discovers that that man's girlfriend is "Vivien" (Nicole Evans) who used to be one of their number, and that her beau is bent on selling a deadly toxin to the unscrupulous "Farooq" (Javed Khan). The remainder of this really third rate drama explains to us the tragic circumstances that drove "Victor" to seek solace away from it all. Of course, when he realises that his friends are in danger, he rolls up his sleeves and presents up with an ending that is, frankly, hilarious... Lots of lingering, moody, photography of the sea lapping around the rocks, or the rain tipping it down in Ireland (straight from a watering can over the boom) and a repetitive orchestral score do little to help raise this (accidentally) semi-comic thriller from a mediocrity that I have rarely seen. The acting is dreadful, and many of the scenarios come across as though they were filmed with just one camera then reset for the opposing angle with scant regard to continuity. "Riverdance" must have, indeed, proved to be extremely lucrative for this former, inspired, dancer and choreographer as he seems to have money to burn on this sterile, piecemeal and lightweight nonsense.