It also heralds the welcome return to the big screen of an iconic Game of Thrones villain, who shunned the spotlight after leaving the hit series in 2014.
Directed by Robert Lorenz, In the Land of Saints and Sinners – which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last September – was added to Netflix on Friday.
With a cast led by Hollywood superstar Liam Neeson, asked again to lead a film focused on revenge as he has done so well in franchises like Taken, he joins Irish Oscar nominees Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), as well as Irish screen veteran Colm Meaney, who has appeared in everything from Die Hard 2 and Con Air to Layer Cake, Get Him to the Greek and The Damned United.
The cast also includes actress Sarah Greene, who appeared on Sharon Horgan's TV show Bad Sisters and Normal People, and Jack Gleeson.
Gleeson, 31, retired from acting a decade ago following his performance as Joffrey Baratheon in Game of Thrones, with his evil character killed with poison.
He revealed that acting full-time made him less “passionate” about the work and he retreated to playing independent theater roles, avoiding the spotlight, before later appearing in the BBC mini-series Out of Her Mind.
However, he began his big comeback late last year with the initial release of In the Land of Saints and Sinners, alongside his appearances on the hit Netflix show Sex Education and as Thomas Wentworth in t.The BBC's new adaptation of The Famous Five, Enid Blyton's classic children's books.
Speaking to the media last year at the IFTAs, star Meaney responded to In the Land of Saints and Sinners being dubbed 'an Irish Avenger'.
'Very good script. There's Liam [Neeson]There’s Kerry Condon – my favorite woman in the world – Ciarán Hinds…, he said Irish publication JOEwith a smile.
'It's a great cast and a great script, so yeah, fingers crossed. High hopes for that.
In the Land of Saints and Sinners has an impressive 82% critic rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes, with Empire magazine praising it as 'a solid, old-fashioned Irish western about what it means to hang up your rifle'.
Danny Leigh of the Financial Times also compared Neeson to one of Hollywood's most iconic hard men of all time, writing: 'Neeson is as rugged as ever in a role that Clint Eastwood could have played 20 years ago and a few thousand years ago. from miles away.'
As the film was released on the streaming platform, other fans also praised the “stacked cast,” as Jen Johans admitted: “One of the biggest surprises was discovering how incredibly great Kerry Condon is as a fierce villain.”
'I just watched Liam Neeson's new film on Netflix, In the Land of Saints and Sinners. Really good, stunning scenery in Donegal,” added James Fahey.
'A Netflix-produced IRA thriller starring Liam Neeson as a hitman coming out of retirement for one last job?' added another excited fan, Elvis Buñuelo.
In the Land of Saints and Sinners is set in Ireland in 1974 and follows Finbar Murphy (Neeson, who will also lead the Naked Gun reboot), who lives a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from politics. violence that affects the rest of the country.
He is eager to leave his dark past behind, but when a menacing team of terrorists arrive, led by a ruthless woman named Doirean (Condon), Finbar is drawn into an increasingly cruel game of cat and mouse, forcing him to choose between exposing your secret. identity or defend your friends and neighbors.
In the Land of Saints and Sinners is streaming now on Netflix.
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