A film on many wars

Rating: 10/10 (1 January 2007)

One of the best films I can recall not only about internecine war, but about war at large. All the big ethical dilemmas are there: will you take arms when your friends are killed before your eyes? if you do take arms and accept the logics of killing, who will you have to kill besides your direct enemies? will you accept morally objectionable allies for the sake of your fight? will you ever be able to stop? and when is it right to stop the fight? what are you really hoping to attain? aren't you becoming the exact copy of the enemy you took arms to fight in the first place? I did not link it solely to Ireland; the occupying army might have been the Russians in Chechnya or the "coalition of the willing" in Iraq for all it would have changed; we are shown a precise description of what happens when an occupying army is bound by no law and the occupied choose active fighting. And, it is beautifully filmed and acted, totally engrossing the viewer for over two hours. My praise to all who took part.