: While U2 ascends to global superstardom, Neil and Ivan struggle through a series of failed bands like Shook Up!, plagued by bad luck and Neil's growing obsession with his famous friend's success.
is a 2011 Irish music comedy film that serves as a semi-fictionalized retelling of music journalist Neil McCormick's 2004 memoir, Killing Bono: I Was Bono's Doppelgänger . The story centers on McCormick's intense rivalry and divergent path compared to his high school classmate, Paul Hewson—better known as Bono of U2. Plot Summary Killing Bono
: Neil secretly sabotages his brother Ivan's chance to join Bono's band, The Hype (later U2), because he believes they are destined for stardom together in their own band, The Undertakers. : While U2 ascends to global superstardom, Neil
The film begins in 1987 with a frustrated Neil McCormick, who feels entitled to the fame Bono has achieved, leading to a botched confrontation . Through a series of flashbacks to 1976 Dublin, it explores: Plot Summary : Neil secretly sabotages his brother