''Savage'' is a 2009 Irish psychological thriller film directed by Brendan Muldowney, starring Darren Healy and

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Cast

* Darren Healy as Paul Graynor *

as Michelle * Gerry Shanahan as Josie Burns *

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as Homeless Man 2 * Jer O'Leary as Paul's Father * Karl Shiels as Eddie *

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as Attacker 2 * Bill Murphy as Self Defence Instructor *

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as Jenny * Emmett J. Scanlan as Gym Changing Room Guy 1 *

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as Gym Changing Room Guy 2 *

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as Bully * Cathy Belton as Dr. Cusack

Reception

Donald Clarke of ''

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'' called the film a "finely honed shocker enlivened by occasional moments of impressively black humour". Gareth Jones of ''

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'' gave the film a score of 4/5 and called it an "earnest, and devastating, study of the psychological effects of victimisation, brutalisation, intimidation, and sheer aggression turned inwards." Paul Whitington of the ''

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'' rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that it "goes a long way on a very slim premise". Whitington praised the sound effects but criticised the "baroque conclusion that clumsily hammers home the film's message."

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* * {{rotten-tomatoes, savage_at_the_end_of_all_humanity, Savage 2009 psychological thriller films 2009 films Irish thriller films Films scored by Stephen McKeon