Savage (2009 Irish film)

Savage is a 2009 Irish psychological thriller film directed by Brendan Muldowney, starring Darren Healy and Nora-Jane Noone.

Cast

 * Darren Healy as Paul Graynor
 * Nora-Jane Noone as Michelle
 * Gerry Shanahan as Josie Burns
 * Brian Fortune as Homeless Man 2
 * Jer O'Leary as Paul's Father
 * Karl Shiels as Eddie
 * Diarmuid Noyes as Attacker 2
 * Bill Murphy as Selfdefence Instructor
 * Rachel Rath as Jenny
 * Emmett J. Scanlan as Gym Changing Room Guy 1
 * Eoin Macken as Gym Changing Room Guy 2
 * Gerard Jordan as Bully
 * Cathy Belton as Dr. Cusack

Reception
Donald Clarke of The Irish Times called the film a "finely honed shocker enlivened by occasional moments of impressively black humour".

Gareth Jones of Dread Central gave the film a score of 4/5 and called it an "earnest, and devastating, study of the psychological effects of victimisation, brutalisation, intimidation, and sheer aggression turned inwards."

Paul Whitington of the Irish Independent rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that it "goes a long way on a very slim premise". Whitington praised the sound effects but criticised the "baroque conclusion that clumsily hammers home the film's message."