Lazy would-be thief Michael--Cillian Murphy--owes local gangster Perrier--Brendan Gleeson--more money than he can pay. When a burglary intended to raise funds goes awry, Michael's lovesick neighbor--Jodie Whittaker--kills one of the goons who come to collect, and he is forced to go on the run. Dragging along his neighbor, and his foul-mouthed father--Jim Broadbent--Michael has to stay one step ahead of the crime world while keeping his dad one step ahead of the Grim Reaper--Gabriel Byrne).