a fantastic film ultimately depicting why the death penalty is wrong

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2006)

This film is not backwards in coming forwards politically, and quite rightly so. Had the death penalty been available, or the lawyers had sen fit to charge under the antiquated treason laws, the defendants would have been hanged - innocent blood on the hands of the British justice system. As a young man I remember well the tabloid publicity and rantings against the defendants - one lone journalist and belief in themselves as innocents led to justice for these poor people. NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, FREE THE INNOCENT!
As for the film - superb performances, Pete Postlethwaite is brilliant, and this is Daniel Day-Lewis' best role ever. Just brilliant. (Well worth a visit to the jail in Dublin where many of the prison scenes were filmed - Kilmainham jail)