# Cardboard Gangsters (2017)

> Young men from Dublin’s Darndale chase wealth and notoriety through the drug trade, only to collide with the community’s entrenched violence and power structures.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/315356

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime
- Director: Mark O'Connor
- Cast: John Connors, Fionn Walton, Kierston Wareing, Jimmy Smallhorne, Paul Alwright, Alan Clinch, Stephen Clinch, John Dalessandro
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5156274/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: gritty, tense, bleak, gritty crime night, irish cinema viewing

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