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 comedy-thriller Wild Horse Nine, due for release on November 6.

Seven Psychopaths is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on Sky Comedy at 9pm.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Robin Hood - BBC One - 11.10pm

Ridley Scott's 2010 medieval adventure, starring Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett and Mark Strong.

Breakthrough - Channel 4 - 1.55am

A mother's unwavering faith is put to the test after her adopted teenage son falls through the ice and fights for his life.

Bad Boys II - ITV1 - 10.45pm

Comedy thriller sequel, starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Gabrielle Union, Jordi Molla and Peter Stormare.

My Stepmother Is an Alien - Film4 - 9pm

A widowed scientist falls for a mysterious alien visitor, but his daughter suspects she's hiding something.

The Sentinel - Legend - 11pm

Framed for murder, a Secret Service agent races to expose a dangerous conspiracy inside the White House.

Arctic Apocalypse - Legend Xtra - 3.15am

A family battles a catastrophic new ice age as they search for safety across a frozen world.