Written and directed by Rich Peppiatt, the film depicts the rise of Kneecap, an Irish hip-hop trio from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The film stars the band members as themselves, with Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, Simone Kirby, and Michael Fassbender in supporting roles.

[6] Growing up, they learnt to speak Irish from Naoise's father, Arlo, a former republican paramilitary who faked his own death to evade British authorities.

As a result, his wife, Dolores, has become a recluse while Arlo lives in hiding and is disappointed with his son's hedonistic lifestyle and lack of initiative.

He approaches Liam and Naoise with the idea of forming an Irish-language hip-hop group, claiming that the music would be a way to bring the Irish language to Millennials and Generation Z.

JJ fears the damage to his teaching career that might result from a public connection with Kneecap's confrontational and blatantly political music.

With a tight deadline to produce a new track for RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, the group break into the school where JJ works and record a song overnight.

At a major gig, Kneecap publicly humiliate RRAD by playing an audio recording of its members demanding that Liam and Naoise turn in drug money over to them.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Detective Ellis, an Ulster Loyalist and Georgia's aunt, viciously beats Liam before revealing that she arranged for the studio to be bombed in an attempt to halt Kneecap's rise to fame, having previously warned JJ and Dolores of the damage it would bring.

[17] Prior to, Sony Pictures Classics acquired distribution rights for North and Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Middle East to the film.

The website's consensus reads: "A rebellious anthem for cultural preservation, Kneecap is as shaggy, rambunctious, and lovable as the eponymous hip hop group at its center.

[24] Carlos Aguilar of Variety gave the film a positive review, writing: "Bursting with unruly energy that practically escapes the confines of the screen, Kneecap is a riotous, drug-laced triumph in the name of freedom that bridges political substance and crowd-pleasing entertainment.