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An historical account of the struggle of Irish nationals to gain independence from the British in the 1920’s. I liked how this picture put into perspective the struggle in Northern Ireland and how it provides the viewer with a sense of national history that is, to say the least, troubling, with no easy answers. This picture so vividly brings all foreign occupations into question for me. I can’t help thinking about the US occupation in Iraq or even our own role in Afghanistan. I take from this film that any occupation invariably leads to bloodshed and heartbreak for the innocent and those seeking freedom.
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Well stated! You have pinpointed the one focus of strength that resides within this mediocre film. To take your occupation point further, most of us here in B. C are the offspring of an occupation or occupiers ourselves. If we were seeing now a murderous struggle by radical group(s) from of the original owners, how would we feel about 'cause-glorification' in such a movie. (Would we perhaps see a whiff of 'NIMBY'ism' amongst many of the '10' raters of this movie ) The nausiously jingoistic 'goodie - badie' approach echoed in some of the reviews of this movie are a sad indictment on our society, one that (to which rpmail as eluded) still is trying to impose its values, by force, on others.