Overview
To avenge her mother's death, Pixie masterminds a heist but must flee across Ireland from gangsters, take on the patriarchy, and choose her own destiny.
Lock Stock and 2 jars of porter – Playing similar to lock stock and snatch, Pixie is the tale of drug trade, gang war, and petty criminals – which all intertwines as two inept guys stumble upon a load of drugs they want to offload. Enter Pixie (Olivia Cook) the step-daughter of one of Dermot (Colm Meany) who had a plan to escape her irish life, and offers to help the pair with their predicament.
The film is a casually short run-time, and feels good for it. Witty in a darkly delicious way, and with a woven set of events that works well to make you care for some of the scumbags in there, the film knows it has a western feel right from the start, and never shies away from it. Olivia Cook shines on screen, and Colm Meaney is a great layered character -the gang boss, but doting father and a bit of a culinary master, his charming exterior covering up a lifetime of violence and threats. Alec Baldwin – accent aside – is joyfully menacing as Father McGrath, the leader of the priestly drug dealers. But the central pair of Ben Hardy as Frank and Sebastian de Souzxa as Gareth are who we follow throughout, and they never slip up in their inept charm. You know they are wrong in what they are doing, but you still root for them. Throw in a brilliant appearance by Dylan Moran.
So much fun, and a great film from the guy who last directed back in 2009 with the St Trinians sequel.