'71 takes us the Belfast in the middle of Ireland's civil war, where a British soldier is cut off from his unit by a terror attack, and then becomes the object of pursuit by various factions on both sides. I don't know how much of this is based on true events, but the villains of the film are so convolutedly conspiratorial as to take away any bent of truth the movie otherwise has. The complicated thriller plot failed to wow me. Where the film actually shines is in the cinematography. The action is viscerally shot, the camera following the soldier in foot chases, and catching shocking moments of violence casually, as if it didn't know what to expect. And the color saturation is very 70s, giving this world a fine sense of place and time.
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The_Comatorium
Bar scene was frightening.NourNasreldin
Chapeaux to the cinematographer and the lead.Realenur
Behind Enemy Lines, just good this time and in Belfast.Earring72
Brutal and exciting war dram about about a britisch soldier cut off from his platoon on the run from the IRA. Pretty goodPrinceJax
I don't think Jack O'Connell needed to prove his acting chops...but for anyone who wasnt convinced....Just a really good film all around.
Borvaran
Unexpected great film!Siskoid
'71 takes us the Belfast in the middle of Ireland's civil war, where a British soldier is cut off from his unit by a terror attack, and then becomes the object of pursuit by various factions on both sides. I don't know how much of this is based on true events, but the villains of the film are so convolutedly conspiratorial as to take away any bent of truth the movie otherwise has. The complicated thriller plot failed to wow me. Where the film actually shines is in the cinematography. The action is viscerally shot, the camera following the soldier in foot chases, and catching shocking moments of violence casually, as if it didn't know what to expect. And the color saturation is very 70s, giving this world a fine sense of place and time.