Resistance review: 'It isn’t nearly as vital or as thrilling as it needs to be - but there is something here'The year is 1920. Jimmy Mahon (Brian Gleeson), an IRA hit-man, and his boys, wait patiently on the side of a country road, for their target. But what I do remember was that, as a drama, it simply didn’t work. FAMILY FORTUNES: Brian Gleeson in a scene from ‘Resistance’We have several story strands to work with. It isn’t nearly as vital or as thrilling as it needs to be, and Catherine Morshead’s flat direction doesn’t help.

Source: Irish Independent January 06, 2019 22:30 UTC