The General (1998)
"The extraordinary true story of the rise and fall of the gangster, Martin Cahill."
ThumbScore
👍 69%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 82%
(RT: 83%, MC: 81) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Is The General good?
It's divisive. 69% audience score, estimated from 139 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 82%.
Overview
The real-life story of Dublin folk hero and criminal Martin Cahill, who pulled off two daring robberies in Ireland with his team, but attracted unwanted attention from the police, the I.R.A., the U.V.F., and members of his own team. Wikipedia ↗
