Where to Watch Johnny Was (2006) in the US

What it's about

Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few well-placed bombs. Unable to escape Brixton, they are trapped together in Johnny's anything-but-safe safe house, sandwiched between a Rastafarian reggae pirate radio station upstairs and a West Indian 'Yardie' crack-dealing gangster, Julius, downstairs. As the charismatic Flynn finds common ground with the Yardies, Johnny fights to realize a peace process of his own, but makes the mistake of falling for Julius's girlfriend Rita, causing all-out war. A thriller in the vein of Lock Stock and The Long Good Friday, in which questions of race, morality, identity and loyalty play out against a great sound-track of reggae, rock, new wave and soul.

Cast and crew

Director

Mark Hammond

Writer

Brendan Foley

Starring

Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Laurence Kinlan

Details

Release date

Jul 19, 2006

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom, Ireland

Awards

2 wins total

Where to Watch Johnny Was (2006) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Johnny Was in the United States?

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Watch the movie free with ads on Plex Channel (HD), Plex Player (HD), Prime Video (HD), and The CW.