Wonderful docu-type drama

Rating: 8/10 (27 January 2002)

Great piece of work, focusing on the events leading up to, during and after, Bloody Sunday, when British troops killed 14 innocent protesters in the North of Ireland in the early '70s.
The drama is based on accounts given by eye witnesses and photographers present at the time, as well as claims by un named soldiers and police in the book "Eyewitness Bloody Sunday."
Told in a documentary type fashion, the dialog from time to time can be hard to understand but never the less is well directed and acted by a strong cast.
There is very little use of music to drum up the emotion and instead this is left purely to the director and actors who do so with great skill.
Released several weeks ago the film has already won great critical acclaim.