The Paddy Lincoln Gang

Published December 13, 2014 | By The Blue Took

- By @TheBlueTook

Folks, first and foremost, I must apologise.

I was given THE PADDY LINCOLN GANG to watch about 2 months ago and didn’t. To blame time issues is disgusting, but it’s true - there’s only so much crime I can fight, women I can satisfy, animals/orphans I can help and naps I can have before I start to become lazy…

Anyhoose, actor Dean and director Ben Jagger; where do I fuckin’ start…

Thanks to a Slaughtered Bird best mate, Judson Vaughan (ace interview by us here), I was given this film, and I can’t thank him enough.

THIS. IS. GREAT.

Set in Los Angeles, we mainly follow the lead-singer of an Irish rock band on the brink of success. For Rob, life is good. In fact, life is fucking ace - the band have a hugely anticipated album on the verge of release by a major record label, they are back in LA from a tour to play in their home town and Rob has Amy Lawhorn as his girlfriend. But something aint quite right.

Yep, this is his missus. I’d be depressed too… and by ‘depressed’ I mean ‘elated’… Elated.

With a lot of my reviews, I always seem to type “to say any more would give the game away”, or similar. Well it’s true. I don’t lie to you, Birdies.

TPLG is gorgeous looking, beautifully paced, and I can genuinely believe this is what it’s like to be in a cool band. Speaking to brothers Dean and Ben, it seems the budget was about 100-times smaller than it looks too. I demand to be their friend, readers, I do. These fellas are going places.

Dean is a brooding, handsome, talented lead - fit for any red carpet (Hollywood take note***) - and his brother, Ben, certainly knows how to point a camera! I assumed so many things when I was watching it, only because I thought I was dealing with a grander scale. It was only chatting to the brothers after the fact that I realised what a gem I had on my hands.

If you don’t track this down and watch it this week, can you all stop reading my articles please?! Cheers.