an authentic-looking recreation of events.

Rating: Null/10 (21 January 2002)

Shot in a hand-held documentary style, this conveyed the feelings of anger on the one hand and indifference on the other that lead to the killing of 13 people.
It is clear why so many turned to the IRA after the tragedy of this event and perhaps puts some of the terrorism of the ensuing years into context. That is not to say that perhaps there were some omissions. I thought it didn't quite convey the fear the soldiers felt that might have caused them to fire, it is assumed that they did so with little provocation. Maybe this was true. On the whole it does tend to cast them as heartless b***ards intent on zero tolerance and they were one dimensional compared to the Irish characters. It is never really clear why they pulled the triggers.
However, it is plain to see that this event set the tone for the remainder of the decade and hopefully a similar massacre will never be purpotrated by the British army, especially on people with whom we share this group of islands.
On whether another film made to redress the balance on events in places such as Enniskillen, Omagh and Brighton should be produced, I'm not sure. It probably wouldn't achieve anything.
Hopefully, we've moved on from all this and the peace process is irreversible. It was interesting to see Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness walking into Westminster today. This is where this issue on the partition of Ireland will finally be solved and not by the bullet and the bomb.