{"id":626927,"date":"2026-06-08T03:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626927\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T03:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:30:29","slug":"barry-keoghans-impressive-irish-thriller-is-the-movie-you-need-to-see-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626927\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry Keoghan’s “impressive” Irish thriller is the movie you need to see this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bring Them Down, the acclaimed Irish thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, has just landed a new streaming<\/a> home in the UK. With a taut plot and strong performances, this is one to watch<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Christopher Andrews, the film<\/a> is set against a “harsh landscape” in the western part of Ireland, with the drama following two warring families as they quarrel over land. <\/p>\n

Michael and Jack are the two farmers at the centre of the feud, with a notable theft triggering a chain of events that lead to a slew of violent incidents. As tensions rise, both families are changed forever. <\/p>\n

Who is in Bring Them Down?\"christopher<\/p>\n

Courtesy of MUBI<\/p>\n

\u2022 Christopher Abbott as Michael
\u2022 Barry Keoghan as Jack
\u2022 Colm Meaney as Ray
\u2022 Nora-Jane Noone as Caroline
\u2022 Paul Ready as Gary
\u2022 Aaron Heffernan as Lee
\u2022 Susan Lynch as Peggy O’Shea <\/p>\n

What did critics say about Bring Them Down?\"christopher<\/p>\n

Courtesy of MUBI<\/p>\n

Bring Them Down garnered critical acclaim<\/a> upon its theatrical release in 2025, with Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> currently reporting a mightily-impressive approval rating of 89% from 99 reviews.<\/p>\n

The Observer<\/a> wrote: “An impressive first feature from Christopher Andrews… a bruising tale of vengeance accompanied by a savage, percussive score by Hannah Peel that sounds as though it was played on scrap metal and abandoned farm machinery.”<\/p>\n

“Unnerving and tense, Andrews’s script is tinged with a film noir appreciation for the all-corrosive effects of man\u2019s iniquity. No one has clean hands here, and no one seems destined for a happy ending,” penned The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“It’s a barnstorming feature debut for Andrews, and for Abbott it’s yet more evidence of what a compelling, underrated screen presence he is,” opined Little White Lies<\/a>, while Chicago Sun-Times<\/a> lauded the “magnificent performances”. <\/p>\n

Where can I watch Bring Them Down?\"christopher<\/p>\n

Courtesy of MUBI<\/p>\n

Bring Them Down is currently streaming on BBC iPlayer<\/a> having been added to the service yesterday. The listing won’t expire for another three months, meaning you have plenty of time to watch it. <\/p>\n

Other Barry Keoghan movies you can stream right now\"barry<\/p>\n

Courtesy of MUBI<\/p>\n

If you fancy another thriller, Calm with Horses was recently added to Mubi<\/a> in the UK. If you have Sky Cinema<\/a> and NOW<\/a>, then you can watch Christopher Nolan’s war drama Dunkirk, while superhero film The Batman is on ITVX.<\/p>\n

If you have Prime Video<\/a>, then you can stream Crime 101 and popular satire Saltburn, while Netflix<\/a> has Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. If you fancy another Irish film, then Disney+<\/a> has The Banshees of Inisherin, for which Keoghan received an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n

Bring Them Down is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n

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\"Lettermark\"<\/p>\n

Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n

Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bring Them Down, the acclaimed Irish thriller starring Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott, has just landed a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[147950,379,212514,381,96,190731,1156,2839,212513,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-626927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-598cdb0f-13a0-40f3-a8c2-edc0adb5604c","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-movies","tag-shorttitle-barry-keoghans-impressive-irish-thriller-is-streaming-now","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}