A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
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Directors
Mike Hodges
Cast
Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis, Christopher Fulford, Liam Neeson
The story
The film begins with an IRA team, including Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) and Liam Docherty (Liam Neeson), watching as two British Army Land Rovers approach a roadside bomb they have set for them. At the last minute, a school bus overtakes the army vehicles and detonates the bomb, killing the children. The team flees the scene, and Fallon travels to London to escape the past and decides never to kill anyone again.
Genres
Action, Crime, action film, crime film, drama film, political thriller film
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