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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 20 Aug 2009

Suspenseful thriller about divided loyalties and tensions of a double agent in his own home, informing on those he has known since childhood,…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 20 Aug 2009

A streamlined, adrenalized thriller that is not as deep as it would like to appear, treads a retrospective political tightrope…

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By Ryan Stewart (47) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Aug 2009

Impressively compact in its storytelling and visually sumptuous despite a budget of pocket-change proportions…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 19 Aug 2009

This is gritty storytelling where violence is a way of life and confrontation between Catholics and Protestants and police a daily occurrence…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 19 Aug 2009

A richer movie might speculate on McGartland’s life now. How does a local hero survive in an anonymous void…

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By Tasha Robinson (753) for AV Club (2,778) on 19 Aug 2009

What makes Fifty Dead Men work is the story’s sheer moral complexity, which dares viewers to sympathize with anyone onscreen for more than…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 19 Aug 2009

Executes with appropriate energy, poignancy, and just the right balance of tension…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Aug 2009

Kari Skogland’s flashy yet dead-on-arrival drama turns Belfast’s backstreet battlefields into music-video backgrounds…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Aug 2009

Unlike the political espionages of Carol Reed and Mankiewicz, the helmer takes a more detached approach and tries to do too much, resulting…

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By Armondwhitefan J (2) on 18 Aug 2009

Really good, not wot I expected at all being about the IRA, but really glad I watched it…

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By Aaron Hillis (362) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 Aug 2009

The unfitting flashiness and clunky segues between thriller and melodrama kill any real sense of tension, making this a poor man's Donnie Brasco--that…

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By John O (1,007) on 17 Aug 2009

Solid, well-written, well-acted drama starring Jim Sturgess and Ben Kingsley, based on a true story of Martin McGartland, an IRA volunteer…

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By Tapper P (15) on 12 Aug 2009

A film set in the 80s about the atrocities committed by both the Irish Republican Army and the British police, and a man who was on both sides…

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By Tony T (238) on 10 Aug 2009

Recommended by scottydgibbs. Not my kind of movie…

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By Tania H (144) on 09 Aug 2009

Interesting and entertaining presentation of some facts and some fiction surrounding Martin McGartland's work inside the IRA…

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By Jerry T (142) on 04 Aug 2009

Saved by a few moments of brilliance and great performances from the lead actors, the film lacks momentum and any real suspense to really hook…

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By Paul J (1,190) on 04 Aug 2009

Decent enough dramatisation of a very tough piece of recent history…

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By Harry S (388) on 04 Aug 2009

Cracking film tim sturgess and ben kingsley define the balls was hoping the sneakey rat got killed that aside wonderful stuff with a decent soundtrack…

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By Brian L (763) on 03 Aug 2009

Very surprised, this was excellent and I dont think it painted either side in particularly good light…

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By Doris R (34) on 02 Aug 2009

True story of a guy working undercover in the IRA for the British special branch and how what he did saved lives…

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