BAD DAY FOR THE CUT **

Despite "Game of Thrones" being filmed here, Northern Ireland is certainly not Hollywood so this Northern Ireland based revenge thriller is something of a pleasant surprise. It marks the feature film debut of Chris Baugh who obviously knows his territory, both literally and metaphorically. The plot may be derivative but it's very stylishly handled with fine performances all round, particularly from Nigel O'Neill as the middle-aged farmer who goes looking for revenge and answers after his mother is murdered. We may be in County Antrim but we could just as easily be in the American Badlands and Belfast could just as easily be Detroit and there's a nice streak of grisly humour running through the picture. Not that I ever doubted it but proof that there is local talent here after all.