Review of Route Irish (2011) by John T — 10 Jul 2011
With Route Irish , Ken Loach has attempted to make a mainstream anti war film that is supposed to make you sit up and take notice .
With the brutality of this film , you have no choice but to take notice but as a film there are to many things wrong with it for me to be able to recommend it to anyone.
Firstly let me say that the lead actor , Mark Womak is good , as is John Bishop for the 30 seconds he's in it but the rest of the cast let the side down badly. Andrea Lowe is a poor actress and some of her acting is extremely wooden.
The plot is confusing at times too. I wasn't sure what was going on and who they were talking about at times and that really spoilt it for me.
Funnily enough , the hard to stomach scenes are the best of the movie. The horrific real shots of kills in Iraq are jaw dropping as is the water boart torture scene. Well done to the actor who agreed to put up with that !.
Route Irish is ok but still disappointing, which is a shame.
This review of Route Irish (2011) was written by John T on 10 Jul 2011.
Route Irish has generally received mixed reviews.
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