A very accurate depiction of British Savagery

Rating: 10/10 (2 November 2019)

This movie I found to be extremely accurate in being able to portray just how Brutal and savage the British were in Ireland and what drove the Irish to form the IRA. Ireland needed a force that could not only pacify these savages but drive them out. The IRA are shown accurately for what they were, heroic soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice to achieve victory and who had to be effective.
In the end the victory was bittersweet leading to a civil war of brother against brother and the depiction in this movie where comrades who fought through the entire war then turning on each other is quite accurate. I don't think the British could ever understand the Irish, they certainly couldn't pacify the country and their colonies in Ireland were essentially annihilated apart from the North east. While ALL british soldiers in this movie are depicted as evil savages the fact was some just wanted to serve their country, they didn't want to kill Irishmen. I feel sorry for these soldiers getting sent by an imperialist government to fight a war they could never win. Ireland's patriotism was tested for almost a millennium, in the end we came out the victor