800 years of this.....and a film can be so effective

Rating: 8/10 (13 April 2005)

I am an Irish Catholic and of course I am going to take the side of Ireland. I think that the Brits are completely gob smacked and finally have nothing to say.I mean we have gone through 800 years of slavery, torture and embarrassment.Even to this day Ireland is torn apart because of the British empire.
When Gerry Conlon was forced into imprisonment it was the last draw. A petty thief sure... but a murderer? They had no hardcore evidence and judging from the film the police looked as though they were just doing a 9-5 working day shift.
Day-Lewis who was just brilliant and is always brilliant in his films captured Conlon to the bone.The story is such a tale of injustice and the only reason he was put in jail is because he was Irish.
I am so glad that this film was made as it finally reflects to the world what England were really like to the Irish. Instead of the whole world blaming the IRA for everything.
After saying I must admit fair play to the recent government for apologizing to the Conlon Famliy and the 'Guildford Four'. Although it was 15 years later... but fair play