Tiger Raid is a dark thriller featuring two characters who journey across the desert while undertaking a kidnapping in Iraq.
Damien is appearing as Paddy, alongside Brian Gleeson (Joe) and Sofia Boutella (Shadha).
The film was shot in the Jordanian desert during the summer 2014.
Film Festivals & Special Screenings
Tribeca Film Festival 17 April 2016 (world premiere) Edinburgh Film Festival 25 June 2016 (UK premiere) Galway International Film Festival 7 July 2016 (Irish premiere) Chichester International Film Festival 24 August 2016 (English premiere) Irish Screen America 23 September 2016 (LA), 1 October 2016 (NY)
Joe and Paddy are members of a private security crew working in the Middle East. They have been assigned to kidnap the daughter of a powerful man as part of a major robbery – a Tiger Raid.
We meet them as they travel through the inhospitable desert on their way to execute the raid. Joe, the older of the two, carries a brutal and unrepentant view of the world, defined by fear and adoration of their invisible but omnipresent boss. Paddy is younger and recklessly ambitious, hungry to progress through the ranks of the crew. Neither man trusts the other as they tell half-truths and stories of previous victories in a battle to determine who controls this increasingly volatile situation.
As the raid progresses, deeply hidden truths about both men¹s pasts are revealed, fracturing their already fragile relationship and forcing them to face up to who they really are in order to survive its violent and shocking conclusion.