Too much of everything

So much average

Simply Perfect

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I'm kinda split on this movie. I saw it a few years ago when it first came out.Much like a B-level movie, there's a lot of camera-work and what-not that distracts you. It doesn't really seem to connect with me for some reason. The story I found difficult to follow also. It kinda reminds me of Dawn of the Dead in that it seems there are continuity goofs and mistakes.In simple terms, this is a survival movie. That said, there are several parts that I found to be impactful. There is a scene where the British soldier, running away through a hostile section of Belfast, ends up at a pub with a small Protestant child who served as his guide, and his parents and other relatives are above the pub assembling a bomb. The soldier is in the pub when the bomb accidentally goes off outside, killing the child. Honestly, after a while I lost track of the movie due to boredom as it is very long. The pace also isn't consistent. Needless to say, there is a long-term antagonist that has been following the protagonist from early on in the movie. He isn't the one who initiated the survival run (it was a woman who disguised as a mother, plants a grenade on a group of soldiers, one of which is the protagonist, and makes it look like they are the bad guys, setting off a mob action on the soldiers). Rent if you wish, but only if you're dying of boredom.

It's war. So what is good for? Well the movie is good for something, in showing different aspects of it. Though some would not be in favor of the term war at all. But the conflict there was (and still is in some heads), is really thrilling and (unfortunately) is based on real life events, which make the movie even more relevant.While apparently all is allowed (not that much love to be found here though), there are things some viewers will have issues with. Not going into details, this is gripping from start to finish and has a story that seems to have been made for the big screen. Pure drama, that also has some nice action along with it. But it's the human story that it's really about

Movies about the IRA and the troubles in Northern Ireland have a few problems. Since due to the nature of this conflict people on different sides tend to look and often sound alike they need to be distinguished very clearly. Unfortunately with the fog of the thick accents and the actors who aren't that different looking from each other coupled with 2 factions of the IRA this movie turned out to be hard to follow.The basic story is a British soldier gets left behind in hostile territory in Belfast. He is chased by the IRA. Then there are some rather complex deals between factions. The bombing was scary and well done. But after that things got too hard to follow. Jack O'Connell of Unbroken is a good actor and he looks like he suffered in the role.Don't bother

Despite the gripping action I found this movie mainly a bit empty without a good script and under the photography and camera aspects either.I do generally like the "run to survive" movies, but this one didn't let me to get involved. Everything flows in a rather flat without much emotion, if not, a couple crude scenes.It is not a bad movie, it is enough gripping for the most of the time, the plot is interesting and it definitely can worth a watch but it was not as good as I expected and as it could have been by paying more attention to some of the above parameters.6+/10