child, he defeats Seagull with a well-timed use of the mysterious "Fatal Deviation" move as taught to him by the head monk. Having triumphed over Seagull, Jimmy then takes on the gang and rescues his girlfriend. In doing so, he kills Mikey. On hearing of his son's death the gang leader seeks bloody vengeance ("You killed my son, now I'm going to kill you, just as I killed your father"), but Jimmy ultimately dispatches him too. Jimmy reunites with his girlfriend and looks forward to a happy and peaceful future in Trim. Cast Jimmy Bennett as Jimmy Bennett Mikey Graham as Mikey Michael Regan as Loughlan Nicola O'Sullivan as Nicola Colin Hamilton as Seagull Justin Harmon as Man in Bath Barry Smith as Henchman #1 Peter Crinion as Henchman #2 Paudie Greene as Henchman #3 Johnny Murray as Main Monk Mattie Finnigan as Tournament Monk Graham Geraghty as Celebrity Contestant in White shirt #1 Production James Bennett had been tipped off that Hong Kong film producers were interested in working with him, but wanted to see some of his work before offering him a project. Fatal Deviation was essentially his audition tape. Filming began in September 1997 with no budget in place and Bennett simply asked his friends to become involved with making the film. He later stated that while he had no film making experience, he made the film as a love letter to martial arts and action movies and admitted that it fell into the "so bad it's good" category. Bennett was a fan of both Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Seagal, both of whom he would eventually work with. As a result, the film is heavily influenced by films featuring the two stars, particularly Hard Target and Bloodsport. Filmed entirely on location in and around Trim, these included Supervalu supermarket and The Boyne Community School. The car crash towards the end of the film was not intended, but was included for dramatic effect. The crash is shown in a post credits sequence, along with other bloopers taken during the filming. Production started using a Sony Hi8 camera under the direction of Simon Linscheid (which got destroyed during filming) and all scenes were reshot when Shay Casserley took over as Director and Camera operator shooting the film on SVHS. Casserley, who had experience making promotional, wedding and music videos treated the film as a professional project. Michael Regan