He and his girlfriend live in an apartment with his quadraplegic brother, that is falling apart. The window keeps sliding down, the kitchen light keeps going out, but he can't really bug the landlord as they owe three months rent, unbeknownst to his girlfriend. Their upstairs neighbor Pierce (Dylan Moran) can't help much because he is an unemployable writer/waiter, and he too owes.
So begins Mark's very bad day, where, in one accident after another, several people are killed in freak accidents in his apartment, complicated by a visit from a policewoman. Pierce tries to convince him that no one is going to believe they were all accidents so the guys have to find a way out of this.
Mark and Pierce are equal characters, although Moran steals the thunder with his quirky, twitchy performance (he's also a comedian in real life); Doherty is the more stoic/under the skin one and his performance is more of underplaying than over the top-ish like Moran's.
It's a reliably entertaining comedy, upping the comedic ante and making you wonder who's going to die next and in what manner, although some bits were predictable. Includes cameos by a famous Irish actor and a famous Irish director.
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