One of Colin Farrell’s best thriller movies is on TV tonight

The movie reunited the Irish actor with an Oscar-winning filmmaker.

The film stars Colin Farrell (The Penguin, Thirteen Lives) as Martin, an Irish writer living in Los Angeles struggling with writer's block. While he has come up with a striking title for his new screenplay, Seven Psychopaths, that's all he has.

He may find inspiration, however, from the killer gangster, Charlie (Woody Harrelson, Triple 9), soon to be on his tail.

This is after Martin's struggling actor pal, Billy (Sam Rockwell, Moon), and his partner, Hans (Christopher Walken, The Deer Hunter), kidnap Charlie's beloved Shih Tzu dog and hold him to ransom.

Also co-starring Abbie Cornish (Somersault), Harry Dean Stanton (Escape from New York), Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace), Tom Waits (Dracula), and Željko Ivanek (The Manchurian Candidate), Seven Psychopaths was McDonagh's immediate follow-up to the Oscar-nominated In Bruges.

Perhaps the writer-director's most overtly comic movie to date, the 2012 film should appeal to fans of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino, thanks to its larger-than-life characters and its darkly funny, scabrous dialogue.

That said, we'd argue that Seven Psychopaths feels deeper than many similar-in-tone capers. While its characters are chaotic and flawed, they have genuine pathos.

Plus, as the movie is about an Irish writer named Martin living in LA, there is a personal element to the story.

Given how the plot plays out, Seven Psychopaths feels like McDonagh dramatising how his mind comes up with ideas for stories, and maybe even exploring how it feels to spend time in America as a newcomer.

And with McDonagh and Rockwell collaborating again on a new project soon, what better time to revisit their 2012 effort?

Seven Psychopaths is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Film4 at 1am. It's also available to stream on the services Disney+ and NOW.

It can be watched as well on Channel 4's website from Friday, 3 April.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

All About Eve - BBC Four - 8pm

This 1950 drama about the relationship between a highly regarded ageing Broadway star (Bette Davis) and her ambitious young fan (Anne Baxter) is widely considered one of the best films ever.

Sunset Boulevard - Sky Arts - 9pm

Also considered one of the best movies ever, this 1950 black comedy noir centres on a struggling screenwriter (William Holden) drawn into the world of a former silent-film star (Gloria Swanson) who dreams of making a triumphant return to the screen.

Sunset Boulevard was recently paid homage to in the opening scene of the RTÉ comedy drama These Sacred Vows.

65 - Film4 - 9pm

An alien (Adam Driver) fights dinosaurs in this action survival flick that one wishes were better.

Twins - Comedy Central - 9pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito play twins in this hit '80s comedy.

Rocky II - ITV4 - 9pm

Sylvester Stallone steps into the director's chair for this sequel to his Oscar Best Picture-winning boxing drama.

Bullet to Beijing - Legend - 9pm

Michael Caine reprises his role from The Ipcress File in this 1995 sequel.

The Mechanic - Sky One - 10pm

Jason Statham is a hitman who takes on an apprentice (Ben Foster) in this solid action flick.

The Ipcress File - BBC Four - 10.50pm

This aforementioned '60s spy thriller sees sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) tasked with investigating British Intelligence security.

He soon becomes enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnapping, and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.

The Predator - Film4 - 10.50pm

The flawed fourth entry in the long-running sci-fi action franchise.

Last Knights - Legend Xtra - 11pm

Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman star in this poorly received action drama based on the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin.

Flight of the Intruder - Legend - 11.20pm

Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe and Brad Johnson headline this ’90s war film from legendary cult filmmaker John Milius (Apocalypse Now, Conan the Barbarian).