Insightfull and raw...

Rating: 10/10 (21 October 2006)

Ken Loach reaches a peak with this recent hit. Showing the raw and gritty reality that surrounded Ireland through the 20's. A realistic and brutal tale of an Irish towns struggle against the British, depicting how they start to rebel and fight back against their oppressors and eventually form an 'army' of there own to take on the British head to head and try to take back the land that is rightfully theirs. A very interesting underlying story about humanity and how even the 'good guys' eventually turn on one another and split into two groups with colliding agendas (resembling 'the Lord of the Flies'). Loach is really showing his talents here.
All in all a fantastic new film whether the subject interests you or not.