Even at 7.5 out of 10 a vastly underrated Film! !!

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2015)

I've read a few reviews about this film and more often than Not there was a debate as to whether it glorifies war and/or the I.R.A., if it should be more pro-British or pro-Irish, if the director is a traitor and so on...
I think all these reviews miss the crucial point this movie tries to make - and IMHO delivers quite brilliantly: There are no winners in war, and this rule applies even more when it is a civil war!
I really don't get how people can argue about the points mentioned above when the film culminates in a scene where a man has to order the execution of his own brother!?!
One thing that bothers me about the IMDb is that users often do not differentiate when they cast their vote - these "binary" votes of either one or ten stars are pretty useless and in my opinion a movie has to be exceptionally well to deserve a rating of even eight stars - but if THIS ONE doesn't deserve the full load of ten stars, no one does!!!
Watch this movie, invite friends over and be sure to recommend it to others: I can't imagine that anyone in his or her right mind will dislike it on the basis of ANY political agenda - viewers should be able to cope with something other than a happy ending, though...