'71 (2014)

’71 (2014)

Directed by: Yann Demange
Written by: Gregory Burke
Starring: Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid & Sean Harris
Duration: 99 minutes
Rating: Restricted

The year is 1971, the streets of Belfast are no longer a safe zone, casualties are increasing by the minute, tension covers up the faces of residents and soldiers alike, riots and blood splatters all over the streets, everyone goes down either with a stab in the back or a pre-planned blast… Belfast is a war zone… the Irish, the Brits the IRA everyone is at one another’s neck…

In the midst of it all one British soldier is left for dead in the streets, running within a breath between life and death, comes a most ambitiously glorious tale of survival spy vs spy and betrayal after the other, with unbalanced alliances taking place… this is a film that is as insightful as it is thrilling and heart gripping…

The cinematography is a work of art giving into the misty grey nature of Ireland, holding up to the fast paced runs within the tight streets, all the way to the green landscapes where freedom seems a reachable dream, one that you could touch within the grasp of your hand…  

This is one of the best war films to date it has the soul of a veteran and the mind of a thief trying to steal his own right to life…

Take a deep breath, and sink into this endless charge for freedom in the time of conspiracies… it is a crunching experience…

Metascore: 79/100
Daffy Meter: 9/10 (Heart-gripping excitement from start to end)