It’s got a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. What better way to chill out before the start of the week than catching up on some movies on TV? There are some belters on this evening, but our pick of the bunch is an underseen Irish gangster thriller – Calm With Horses . The 2019 crime flick stars Barry Keoghan and Cosmo Jarvis and is set in the west of Ireland.
It focuses on a former boxer called Douglas (Jarvis) who cares for his autistic son while working as an enforcer for a family of drug dealers. Keoghan’s character Dymphna, a cousin of the crime family, is brought in as Douglas’ handler and oversees the enforcer’s darkening descent into brutal violence, while he grapples with trying to care for his son’s needs. The film has been praised for its lead performance from Jarvis, who can most recently be seen in Disney’s Shogun, its incredible score and sound design and its direction from first-time feature filmmaker Nick Rowland.
Calm With Horses serves us up a gritty crime film that weighs up violence with deeper emotional themes, all set amongst the gloomy backdrop of western Ireland, and is airing on Film Four at 11.35pm tonight. Check out some other movies on TV this evening below Deep Impact – E4 – 6.
40pm 1998 blockbuster disaster movie about the discovery of a comet on a collision course with Earth. Rocky – ITV4 – 8pm There’s never a bad time to watch Rocky Balboa face up against Apollo Creed and luckily it’s among the movies on TV tonight. 12 Stron.
