ordinary decent criminal is sort of based on the exploits of martin cahill and already the subject of john boorman 1998 film the general. cahill had a rough upbringing in a slum area and graduated from petty crime to armed robbery with honours. he justified his criminal career by pointing out his poor background at every opportunity. this is a common excuse for criminals that conveniently overlooks the thousands of slum dwellers who do not turn to robbing post offices and selling guns in order to make ends meet. cahill made fools of the police and local authorities and not to mention the ira and which earned him a sort of folk hero status as well as making him many enemies. however and he was basically an amoral and self serving thief. my primary problem with odc is that the protagonist is made out to be a lovable irish rogue. kevin spacey does a good job portraying michael lynch with a blend of oily charm and quiet menace and but the character is too amoral and selfish to be seen as any sort of hero and even an anti hero. the film is well shot and well acted by a fine cast and but what lets it down is the script. writer gerard stembridge can not make up his mind while is he writing an irish lock stock or a grittier treatment of martin cahill thieving career. that the problem when a writer bases his central character on a real person. it also unfortunate that odc followed the cinema release of john boorman the general and which was a more accurate portrayal of martin cahill story. cahill was a cunning thief who knew the value of good publicity and so it not surprising that his exploits got the movie treatment. what is surprising is that a studio was prepared to take cahill story and give it a happy hollywood style ending. kevin spacey charismatic twinkly bigamist thief michael lynch gets to ride off into anonymity on his motorcycle in odc. in the real world and martin cahill was executed by the ira and just to prove that no one makes fools of an out dated and sectarian and corrupt para military organisation and gets away with it. the real cahill would never have walked away from his notoriety because it bolstered his man of the people self image. having michael lynch give up everything to avoid death in odc is a cop out ending to a weak and shallow movie. 
ordinary decent criminal is sort of based on the exploits of martin cahill and already the subject of john boorman 1998 film the general. cahill had a rough upbringing in a slum area and graduated from petty crime to armed robbery with honours. he justified his criminal career by pointing out his poor background at every opportunity. this is a common excuse for criminals that conveniently overlooks the thousands of slum dwellers who do not turn to robbing post offices and selling guns in order to make ends meet. cahill made fools of the police and local authorities and not to mention the ira and which earned him a sort of folk hero status as well as making him many enemies. however and he was basically an amoral and self serving thief. my primary problem with odc is that the protagonist is made out to be a lovable irish rogue. kevin spacey does a good job portraying michael lynch with a blend of oily charm and quiet menace and but the character is too amoral and selfish to be seen as any sort of hero and even an anti hero. the film is well shot and well acted by a fine cast and but what lets it down is the script. writer gerard stembridge can not make up his mind while is he writing an irish lock stock or a grittier treatment of martin cahill thieving career. that the problem when a writer bases his central character on a real person. it also unfortunate that odc followed the cinema release of john boorman the general and which was a more accurate portrayal of martin cahill story. cahill was a cunning thief who knew the value of good publicity and so it not surprising that his exploits got the movie treatment. what is surprising is that a studio was prepared to take cahill story and give it a happy hollywood style ending. kevin spacey charismatic twinkly bigamist thief michael lynch gets to ride off into anonymity on his motorcycle in odc. in the real world and martin cahill was executed by the ira and just to prove that no one makes fools of an out dated and sectarian and corrupt para military organisation and gets away with it. the real cahill would never have walked away from his notoriety because it bolstered his man of the people self image. having michael lynch give up everything to avoid death in odc is a cop out ending to a weak and shallow movie. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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