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Spears (2022)

Spears poster
Directed by
Gerard Lough
Genre
thriller, mystery
Country
Ireland
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
15
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In three separate European cities, a private investigator, a dissident republican, and a scam artist each face a shocking revelation. Their separate paths converge in Ireland as they plan revenge against the people who have wronged them.

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What happens

Spears is an Irish neo-noir thriller written and directed by Gerard Lough and starring Aidan O'Sullivan, Bobby Callaway, Nigel Brennan, Michael Parle, Yalda Shahidi, Rebecca Rose Flynn and Thomas Sharkey. The film was shot on location in four countries and was released on 18 February 2022. The film is about three stories. In the first story, a private investigator in Florence is searching for a woman who disappeared. In London, a dissident republican does an arms deal with a new seller he does not trust. In Berlin, a scam artist spends a weekend with a married woman he tries to convince to leave with him. Each of the three men make a startling discovery which forces them to team up together in Ireland where they plot revenge on those who have wronged them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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