• Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)

    In 1970s Northern Ireland, young Joe Griffin watches in horror as the teenage leader of a UVF cell shoots Joe's brother dead. Thirty years later, peace is at hand, and Joe (James Nesbitt) is to meet his brother's killer, Alistair Little (Liam Neeson), on live TV. Unbeknownst to the TV crew, Joe is not there to reconcile with Alistair, but to kill him.

    Amazon.comiTunes StoreWatch Online
Five Minutes of Heaven
62
metacriticBased on 15 Critics
78
Based on 16 Users

Release Date: August 21st, 2009

R |1 hr 30 min

Plot Summary

In 1970s Northern Ireland, young Joe Griffin watches in horror as the teenage leader of a UVF cell shoots Joe's brother dead. Thirty years later, peace is at hand, and Joe (James Nesbitt) is to meet his brother's killer, Alistair Little (Liam Neeson), on live TV. Unbeknownst to the TV crew, Joe is not there to reconcile with Alistair, but to kill him.

Cast: Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Anamaria Marinca, Conor MacNeill, Richard Dormer, Mark Ryder, Kevin O'Neill, Gerard Jordan

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

Genres: Drama

Production Co: Northern Ireland Screen, Bord Scannan Na hEireann, Pathé, Irish Film Board, Big Fish Films, Ruby Films, BBC Films

Keywords: Brother, Revenge, Brooding, Rivalry, Emotional, 2000s, Gripping

More on Wikipedia

Stream and Watch Online

Cast & Crew

view all

Ratings & Reviews

  • 50
    Kirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood Reporter

    Based on a true story -- that never happened. That might explain why the film circles and circles its subject but never strikes dramatic pay dirt. show more

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle

    An imperfect but intensely human movie that ponders the aftershock of violence, could have been an exercise in overacted sappiness. Instead, it's as hard and uncompromising as remorse. show more

  • 75
    Lou LumenickNew York Post

    The title of the overlong Fifty Dead Men Walking refers to lives saved by Sturgess' character, who is still in hiding years later. show more

See all critic reviews on metacritic.com

Similar Movies

In the Name of the Father
In the Name of the Father

Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend Paul H...

Stream Online
Some Mother's Son
Some Mother's Son

In 1981, Kathleen Quigley (Helen Mirren), a soft-spoken Irish schoolteacher, is shocked to learn that her son, Gerard (Aidan Gillen), has been arrested for his involvement in the Irish Republican Army...

Hunger
Hunger

Focusing on the 1981 hunger strikes by Republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. Bobby Sands is one of a group of prisoners who first "took to the blanket" with a "dirty protest" in pursuit of their c...

Stream Online