Kneecap

When fate brings Belfast teacher JJ into the orbit of self-confessed "low life scum" Naoise and Liam Óg, the needle drops on a hip-hop act like no other. Rapping in their native Irish, they lead a movement to save their mother tongue.

Cast

Móglaí Bap

as Móglaí Bap Or Naoise

Mo Chara

as Mo Chara Or Liam Óg

DJ Próvaí

as DJ Próvai Or JJ

Josie Walker

as Detective Ellis

Fionnuala Flaherty

as Caitlin

Jessica Reynolds

as Georgia

Adam Best

as Doyle

Simone Kirby

as Dolores

Michael Fassbender

as Arló

Matthew Sharpe

as Sean

Reviews

Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

Director Rich Peppiatt‘s rowdy, frenzied film “Kneecap” is a lively biopic based on the hell-raising Irish rap trio of the same name. You’ve probably never heard of these musicians, but the film celebrates the general sense of anarchy as these young men become key figures in a civil rights movement ...

CinemaSerf

Two lads with little by way of opportunity hook up with a school music teacher (DJ Próvai) whose wife "Caitlin" (Fionnuala Flaherty) is fighting for the legalisation of the Irish Gaelic language. Móglaí Bap and Mo Chara play themselves as two "low life scum" who have been taught to weaponise their l...

r96sk

<em>'Kneecap'</em> is fairly entertaining. It's impressive how good the acting is given it stars the musical trio in acting debuts as basically themselves. Michael Fassbender adds star power, could've used more of Lalor Roddy (great in <em>'That They May Face the Rising Sun'</em>, fwiw) mind. Oth...

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