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'71 (2015)
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Critic Consensus: Powerfully directed and acted, '71 stays true to its fact-based origins while remaining as gripping as any solidly crafted action thriller.
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Cast
as Gary Hook
as Captain sandy Browning
as Thompson ("Thommo")
as Brigid
as Sergeant Leslie Lewis
as Eamon
as Paul Haggerty
as Boyle
as James Quinn
as Training Corporal
as Corporal
as Loyalist Child
as Spitting Woman
as Ruc Man
as C.O.
as Huge man/Lillian Hughes
as Lt. Armitage
as Sean
as Sean's Mum
as O'Brien
as Carl
as Jimmy
as Recruit Soldier
as Barracks Officer
as Darren
as Warden
as Sergeant
as Ruc Man (Bathroom)
as Mother In Raided House
as Young Boy At Riot
as Large Soldier
as McCann
as Sean's Little Sister
as Johnny
as Gang Member 2
as Jake Fullarton
as Older Loyalist Man
as Young Loyalist Man
as Sergeant John Vickers
as Good Samaritan
as Carl
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Critic Reviews for '71
All Critics (139) | Top Critics (55) | Fresh (133) | Rotten (6)
There is a rich ethical murkiness that runs through this film on a near molecular level, and it strives to gets into the meat of what this kind of violent civil unrest and violence does to people.
An impressive debut feature buoyed by a captivating central turn.
'71 makes so much effort to be suspenseful that it doesn't have much time to get into nuance.
Everyone has a least favorite bad dream, and Hook's may be yours: the nightmare of being hopelessly lost in a place where time has stopped and hope has vanished.
O'Connell gives a compelling performance and the film, even when the details are confusing, is never less than gripping and, in its depiction of internecine warfare, tragic.
For those who know nothing of this bitter conflict, the movie is a good start.
Audience Reviews for '71
Once I passed the triteness of its opening and closing parts and some conveniences of the plot, I couldn't feel any other way but astound by the pace and gripping cinéma vérité style of newcomer Yann Demange. Paranoia, rage, discomfort or panic are some of the myriad of emotions dexteriously captured to give substance to a survival drama that in some other hands wouldn't be as effective or thrilling. The cast is also responsible for the achievement in realism and suspense.
Super Reviewer
With a visual approach that makes it resemble a documentary, this realistic thriller is highly gripping as a series of tense situations faced by a man caught in a political battle, but it is only a pity, though, that the film makes some odd narrative choices in the end.
Super Reviewer
A newbie soldier sent to Dublin during The Troubles gets separated from his unit while in hostile territory and must make his way back or die. What's interesting is the tension between those simply trying to survive versus the ruthlessness of policy makers. The movie fan me kept waiting for the soldier to be more proactive, ala John Wayne, and was constantly disappointed. And the ending is too predictable.
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'71 Quotes
| Eamon: | Posh cunts telling thick cunts to kill poor cunts. That's the army for you. It's all a lie. |