Review of '71 (2014) by Joe C — 15 Mar 2015

A briliant filom, so good I had to come on here and write this.

I wanted to watch "X-Men - Days of future past" (I know, I know) but my partner insisted we watch this. Within minutes I was hooked.

I feel I must add I read many comments (mostly from individuals outside the UK) regards it's realism, painting "good and bad" and the supposed stereotyping. It might not be shot for shot accurate but to me on a personal level the sinister, gritty, grimey confusion sums up what it was like to live during a time when every day - for decades - would not go by without the death of a Protestant/Catholic/Unionist/Loyalist/Paramilitary/British Soldier/Policeman in Northen Ireland or later on the regular IRA bombings of British civilians on the mainland UK. It was a truly horrid time, and there was no glory or wrong or right side or argument to justify it. It is sad to see the Fox news esque re writing of history effecting peoples ability to judge this film. The scars are still felt across Northern Ireland and the UK even to this day.