Belfast rappers Kneecap use the Irish language as their weapon in Rich Peppiatt’s exhilarating comedy drama co-starring Michael Fassbender
ith its rambunctious spirit, running jokes about ketamine, and a prominently displayed pair of pallid buttocks daubed with bluntly anti-British sentiment, the fictionalised origin story of real-life Irish-language rap group probably won’t be for everyone. But the combination of the profane and the political, the riotous humour and punchy editing makes for one of the more energising viewing experiences of the year, and possibly one of the funniest.
West Belfast drug dealers Liam and Naoise, part of what Liam’s irony-steeped voiceover describes as “the ceasefire generation”, were taught at an early age by Naoise’s republican father that “every word of Irish spoken is a bullet for Irish freedom”. It’s a message they took to heart: now the lads use the language as a brick to lob at the cops.
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