Not just a beat them up...

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2012)

I thought this film was gonna be a regular beat'em up, live happily ever after type of film. But I couldn't have been more wrong.
You get to know Brendan and Tommy, their life, their woes, their problems, and you end up wanting them both to win, and you can't help it. This makes the film different from others of the genre, like Million dollar baby - don't get me wrong, I think it is a great film, but you only have one main heroine, that you end up backing - here you empathize with both the Conlon brothers, and I sincerely could not choose between the war vet (Tommy) and the soon-to-be-bankrupt-man-of-the-family (Brendan) What I did not like was the lack of an aftermath after the final fight, what happens to Tommy - did he get court-martialled, thrown in prison? to Brendan - did he share his money with his brother/reunite with his bro after some time? Did the brothers make peace with their dad?