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  Review by MARTIN BRADLEY ★★★★★ 14

  In 1971 I was living on the fringes of Derry's Bogside. On several occasions my home was 'collateral damage' in a number of bombings and I remember lying on the floor of my bedroom in case I might fall victim to a stray bullet from one of the gun-battles raging outside. I drank in pubs that would be bombed in time and I was on the march on Bloody Sunday. Things were bad in Derry in 1971 but they were a lot worse in Belfast which is where and when Yann Demange's terrific movie "'71" is set.
  Maybe it's because I had first-hand experience but I've never really taken to films about 'the Troubles'. Irish film-makers have usually shied away…

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  Review by matt lynch ★★★½

  "Posh cunts telling thick cunts to kill poor cunts."

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★½ 1

  did shaky-cam just become a political choice? grips as an action movie, but the other parts have...[puts on sunglasses] Troubles.

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  Review by jessica ★★★★

  barry keoghan the entire film: 😐😐😐

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  Review by Blain LaMotta ★★★★

  Jack O'Connell can't catch a fucking break. Everyone is either trying to kill him or beat the shit out of him. What a trooper.

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  Review by Andy Summers 🤠 ★★★★ 1

  I've said before on LB that many people don't and cannot understand the situation that existed in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. There have been many movies centered around events across the water, from the good, the bad, and the shameful. Hundreds of years of divided bitterness somehow transfixed into a couple of hours of celluloid. The truth is however that nothing was as it seemed in Northern Ireland. There were divided loyalties inside families, but everything was always boiled down to whether you were Catholic or Protestant, Pro-IRA or Pro-British. It was much more complicated than that, something that '71 touches on rather well.
  Young British actor of the moment Jack O'Connell demonstrates his ability once again as a…

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  Review by SilentDawn ★★★½ 4

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  This is quite an impressive thriller. Set in Belfast at the height of The Troubles in northern Ireland, the political context is a necessary foundation for what essentially is nearly all action and motion. Not only intense, but grounded in the ramifications and details of the situation and setting. Jack O'Connell impressed me in Starred Up, and he lights up the screen yet again in a role that requires various degrees of physicality and a strong emotive presence. '71 is a doozy of a chase movie, but it never sacrifices the intelligence that goes along with depicting the ordeal with accuracy and intensity. Singling this out as a mere genre movie is selling it short, although its minimalist style and structure provides the goods if you're looking for something fierce and gripping. Very much recommended.

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  Review by Marianna Neal ★★★★

  "Posh cunts telling thick cunts to kill poor cunts. That's the army for you. It's all a lie."

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  Review by Sethsreviews ★★★★½ 4

  Third watch of this now and it really is one of the most under appreciated films of the last decade.

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  Review by Gimly ★★★½ 3

  I probably would have bumped this up to four stars if I could tell any of the bloody supporting characters from one another.

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  Review by houvre ★★★★

  this film’s sole focus is chasing jack o’connell, and i’d say this film and i, we have a connection

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  Review by chloe ★★★★½ 1

  jack o’connell, paul anderson & barry keoghan <3