Another coming of age comedy, "Cowboys & Angels" is about 2 Irish young men, straight Shane Butler (Michael Legge) and his gay roommate Vincent Cusak (Allen Leech). Set in Limerick city, Shane is handsome but geeky, works for the Department of Agriculture, and wants to enroll in art school. Vincent is a confident fashion-student and decorator. Despite being opposites in most ways, they soon become close friends. Vincent's artistry inspires Shane to greatness. When he meets and falls in love with Gemma (Amy Shiels), an ex-art student and best friend of Vincent's who now works in a fast food joint, he feels compelled to make some radical changes in his life. Fate steps in to lend a hand in the form of Keith (David Murray), a drug dealer who lives downstairs. Keith offers Shane the opportunity to make a lot of money by going on a drug run to Dublin. At first Shane refuses, but he desperately needs the cash. He goes on the drug run and lives to regret it. With the money he makes from the run, Vincent transforms him into one of the hippest guys in town. Unknown to Shane though, some shady figures have tailed him back from Dublin and are now watching the apartment.
The two leads have great chemistry and deliver career-making performances as they become best friends. This film is an energetic, captivating, and funny exploration of their difficulties in a fast moving sub-culture of drugs and clubs. Nothing new, but Legge and Leech make the film worth watching. Stephen McKeon composed the incidental music, and David Gleeson wrote the screenplay and directed.
The two leads have great chemistry and deliver career-making performances as they become best friends. This film is an energetic, captivating, and funny exploration of their difficulties in a fast moving sub-culture of drugs and clubs. Nothing new, but Legge and Leech make the film worth watching. Stephen McKeon composed the incidental music, and David Gleeson wrote the screenplay and directed.
