Overrated

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This is a brilliant take on the Irish battle of independence that understandably made difficult watching for the British media in recognition of the colonial past. Cillian Murphy gives a brilliant performance and the plot will tug at the heartstrings. Taking any political slant aside, the film has a great cast and great visuals telling a heartbreaking story. Ken Loach deserves great credit.

It's 1920 Ireland. Damien O'Donovan (Cillian Murphy), his crush Sinead (Orla Fitzgerald), and his friends are harassed by the British Black and Tans. His friend and Sinead's brother Micheail is beaten to death. He abandons practicing medicine in a London hospital to join the fight against British occupation under his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) who commands the local IRA brigade. They get captured and imprisoned with Dan (Liam Cunningham). Damien had witnessed the socialist train driver Dan being beaten by British troops for refusing to transport them. They manage to escape. After tough fighting, the Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed at the end of 1921. Teddy pleads for acceptance of the autonomous Irish Free State under the British crown. Damien follows Dan's fight for a socialist independent republic for the entire island. The two brothers end up on opposite sides of a civil war.The British are shown as sadistic villains. It's a little over the top but certainly not unexpected. The brothers' relationship could be more emphasized. Cillian Murphy is the star. I wish Padraic Delaney could be his equal. The most compelling parts are after the treaty when the brothers struggle to not fight each other. It turns a nationalist independence war into a personal family war. Cillian is so infuriating that I wanted to shake him. It ends not with a heroic fight but a family tragedy.

movie convey the difficult situation and the anger , violence of that time in Ireland . It shows threw what pain and grief people went fighting against British , fighting for something they believed in. Acting was excellent same as Cinematography . Any conflict, once started, takes on a life of its own. One act of violence leads to another in retaliation and the cycle continues . you clearly see how Cillian Murphy is getting affected by this events and how they transform him , the movie came a little short on human drama until the late ending of the movie which was heartbreaking to watch . "it's easy to see what you are fighting against but it's harder to know what are you fighting for" Great Movie . the movie is similar to Breaveheart but a little less powerful on emotional level

I always admire movies, that say to you more than simply obey the law of nature. If everyone of us was not a fighter but a better man the world would have been a better place. You cannot compromise your morale and humanity if you are a man and not a beast, we are all dust, from dust we came and in dust we will end, but what we do in our lifetime separates us from other creatures. Their cause was bloody and heroic and our fight is just to be the best humans we can and not another Teddy because every true heart impulse has it's self preserving and self-lying Teddy thought to counter it. I believe that only such a true story is meaningful and has the ability to make blood warm and desire strong. That's why I welcome you to share and review this movie with your friends.