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Bad Day for the Cut

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A mild-mannered farmer embarks on a bloody quest to avenge his mother's murder. He soon discovers her dark past while wading through the criminal underworld of Belfast, Ireland.
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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Jan 26, 2017
A taut vengeance thriller that doesn't completely come together as one would hope but has enough solid entertainment value, well-directed visuals, and nasty twists and turns to justify a look. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety Jan 25, 2017
Manages to develop its own distinct flavor while fitting snugly into the general tradition of latter-day U.K. gangster pics, with their rueful humor, colorful characters and realistically nasty violence. Go to Full Review
Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 1, 2020
B+
The plot takes this scruffy everyman through unexpected twists and turns, revealing harsh truths in a smart, fun saga of violent retribution. Go to Full Review
Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Dec 20, 2018
2/5
It's hard to ruin a good revenge film, but the real problem is that Bad Day for the Cut is just nothing special. Go to Full Review
Christopher Llewellyn Reed Hammer to Nail Feb 25, 2018
Bad Day for the Cut delivers its cinematic goods thanks to a smart combination of wit and violence, briskly delivered over just under 100 minutes. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Feb 4, 2018
This lean, violent thriller from the UK has a dark undercurrent of humor to the story of an otherwise mild-mannered farmer and weekend hunter who turns out to be surprisingly resourceful... Go to Full Review
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Sarah W @RT92829792 5 days ago Exactly what I want from Irish humor AND they managed to squeeze it into an unlikely hero story. Amazing. Best main character I've met in a minute! See more Jonathan M @RT90667342 Apr 13, 2025 Fun, violent. Dark and quirky like most Irish movies. See more Paul T @RT34163644 Mar 13, 2025 An excellent 'revenge' movie that bottles it at the end. I suspect this was intended to provide a high-brow type of ending where it is up to us to finish the movie in our heads. Well, the truth is, we prefer the film to wrap things up a bit better - otherwise there's so many loose ends. I think with an extra 10-20 seconds we could have had a resolution that avenged Bartosz as well and allowed his sister to escape the horror of it all. Stop trying to be 'arty' and tell COMPLETE story - start, middle, end. See more Gareth v @geewah Jun 22, 2023 A well constructed revenge movie that by the end has a man discovering more about himself than the events leading up to his actions. See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y Jan 15, 2022 this was good - as bad as this sounds, i wished it was a little less PG when it came to the violence; seemed like every time a fight broke out the camera was always focused somewhere else. it's a revenge film - hard to feel like justice was served when you don't actually see anything happen. See more Jun 17, 2021 Right from the start I wanted to see what would happen next. It was the cinematic version of a page-turner. And what came next, then next, then next… did not disappoint. The urge for vengeance and the immediate satisfaction of it become overpowered by the relentlessness and senselessness of revenge. A powerful message embedded in an entertaining film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A mild-mannered farmer embarks on a bloody quest to avenge his mother's murder. He soon discovers her dark past while wading through the criminal underworld of Belfast, Ireland.
Director
Chris Baugh
Producer
Katy Jackson, Brendan Mullin
Screenwriter
Chris Baugh, Brendan Mullin
Distributor
Well Go USA
Production Co
Six Mile Hill Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 20, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 20, 2017
Runtime
1h 39m
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