Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

BasicLogic First of all, why these guys had to sit together or sat so close? There were so many empty seats, why they had to sit facing each other or sat nearby to each other. Two revolvers shot repeatedly, every revolver is a six shooter, six bullets, the crazy young guy should have already emptied both, yet the one that guy picked up later still got two bullets left, give me a break. This is a crazy short film, well acted but not worth high ratings from all the reviewers before me.

Joe So this was nominated for and won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. So intriguing how they done it. Many spend a fortune to get one of those little Oscars, so what was so good about this low budget short movie? We have here 30 mins of mostly three sets of people with some tragedy in their lives which they reveal in one way or the others.Brendan Gleeson is great as always as a brooding big guy, but this time with a burden to carry as big as a rock. On the other hand, the film is stolen by Rúaidhrí Conroy who plays a cold-hearted and motor mouthed young man with a dark secret.It's mostly about the conversations between the characters. There is actually very little "live action". Some dark humour too.Personally, I wasn't blown away by it. I don't know who the other nominees were but surely there were better out there.Not a bad little short story movie, but nothing special in it that will want you to revisit this again.

st-shot After losing his wife to illness Donnelly boards a train and encounters three other people coping with recent loss. Two are appropriately grieving parents and one is a petty thug filled with ugly cynicism. The callous boy creates problems that Donnely attempts to soothe over but the boy seems dead set on self destruction. After not one but two extraordinary experiences on the train Donnelly arrives home intent on committing suicide. He starts by shooting his wife's beloved pet rabbit first.There is a lot to to like about Six Shooter before it implodes into a farrago of unsound logic and gratuitous violence. Brendon Gleeson as the glum Donnelly displays a touching world weary sadness while Ruaidhri Conroy as the angry young man is filled with chilling intensity. The cinematography is also commendable whether it's the the moodily lit interiors that lend to the general atmosphere or striking landscapes of the Irish countryside captured along the train ride. What doesn't wash even before the bloodbath on the train and the animal dismemberment before and after is the patience everyone shows for the loony Billy the Kid wanna be. Normal tolerance is expended beyond credibility early and director Mc Donagh deadens the pace as the boy becomes more and more outrageous. By the last stop all the subtle promise of the film's opening moments have been drowned in a sea of red.

Jon Mowjoudi (SweetLikeTropicana) One of my house-mates watched this film on a Monday night, a night which I myself usually go to bed early as I have work in the morning. As he put it on, I was just readying myself to hit the sack. However, after watching, intrigued, for the first five minutes I sat down and made myself comfortable for what was one of the finest twenty five minutes of character acting committed to celluloid I have seen for a while.The lead role, played superbly by Gleeson, is a portrayal of a character very much in limbo, being at a point in his life where he is at a crossroads, never sure what to do next. This is until he meets a disregarding young man on a train, less than eloquent but with a mouth like a traction engine. During the journey he invariably upsets several passengers, however it is the tying in of events that truly sets this film apart. Although at times it may seem contrived in its directness in linking different parts of the story, we must remember that this is a short film and needs to be direct in certain aspects.Rúaidhrí Conroy, an actor of whom I've not seen anything of outside this role, shows promise akin of some of the finest young British actors of our generation. His role play as the misanthropic youth is superb, and it is fair to say he steals the show from the undoubtedly talented and far more celebrated Gleeson.If you get a chance to see this film, or even purchase it based on this review, it will not be in vain; a contemporary British masterpiece.