A very poor effort

Rating: Null/10 (4 April 2007)

i have just seen this movie and regardless of it's subject matter.... it's awful - badly acted, script seemed to have been made up as the movie progressed and a viewer not familiar with Irish history would need a crash course before watching. There is no context given in the film and the events that transpire seem to do so in a vacuum. The British are straight from central casting shown as one dimensional beasts and the Irish are portrayed as either crass idiots or as die hards.
There are 2 sides in the debate about the Irish civil war and both share a validity and are well documented - this film does nothing to further the debate expect maybe attempt to stir up a controversy for the sake of it.
Irish History deserves a lot better than this.