Ken Loach makes an uncharacteristic excursion into the past -- the 1920s, though no more distanced -- for an unbalanced view of the Irish "troubles" through the eyes and mouths of the oppressed. Largely unintelligible as a result of the difficult accents, the muddled sound, the nebulous narrative, the slippery directing touch. Even so, the unglamorous brutality (on both sides) makes its point, and an air of authenticity is attained through the atmospheric dank photography and the scrupulous period production, in particular the fine collection of caps and coats. With Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham. (2006) — Duncan Shepherd
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