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Movies that feel like I Went Down (1997)
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?
If you loved I Went Down, the closest films we have are Extreme Job (2019), Yes, Madam! (1985) and Police Story (1985). All three share I Went Down's kinetic and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mafioso (1962).
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If I Went Down hit the spot, these will too
The same preoccupation in both: gangster
One thread runs through both: hoodlum
Both are built on the same subject: gangster
Takes it somewhere less kinetic than I Went Down does
Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases
Crime built on play, twice over
Gritty action in both cases
Kinetic comedy, and it commits to that
Witty crime, and it commits to that
Action built on play, twice over
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The best-reviewed films that share I Went Down’s defining feeling.
