Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Pjtaylor-96-138044 ''71 (2014)' is a taut, tense thriller with an interesting back-drop and an unconventional survival plot. There's a keen focus on character here and the vast, often unexplored situation is seen through his eyes. This makes for a small-scale story with much larger implications, an examination of the wider situation without being too focused on it. The film is peppered with realistically brutal action and is remarkably tense throughout, keeping you on the edge-of-my-seat from start to finish. A nail-biting, mile-a-minute ride. 8/10

Michael Ledo The film centers on new recruit Pvt. Gary Hooks (Jack O'Connell). It follows his training and then quickly the green recruit is sent to Belfast...why it's part of the same country. During a confrontation with the Catholic Irish, Hooks gets separated from his group where he is beaten and abandoned. He is reluctantly aided by some collaborators, while others hunt him like an animal. The film moves through questionable tactics and loyalties.The movie was a decent drama thriller. It doesn't dwell much on the politics of the situation.Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity.

MarlonSantos7 Shot mostly in Northern England but depicting Belfast in the year 1971, during the Northern Ireland conflicts. Directed by Yann Demange, have a big cast led by English actor Jack O'Connell.A British soldier, Gary Hook, left in the streets of Belfast after separated from his unit during a riot struggle to find his way back to safety.It is a decent movie, where we can clearly see the three acts structure, simple and straight to the point and the best word I can find to describe it is "Solid". However, its pros is the same as its cons, and its simplicity make the movie not remarkable.The acting is solid as well, nothing over the top as we see in "give me the Oscar" performances, but still good. We can name Jack O'Connell, Barry Keoghan, Sean Harris, Richard Dormer and Charlie Murphy (not the comedian, R.I.P).I was disappointed we could not see more of Valene Kane, who plays a rioter... and that's it, she gets slapped in the face I guess.(Post originally: https://ulvenreviews.blogspot.com.br/2018/02/71-2014-movie-review.html)

l_rawjalaurence Set in 1971, a year before the infamous Bloody Sunday tragedy, '71 tells the story of a young British soldier Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell) sent to Northern Ireland on active service, who becomes involved in an exercise designed to protect the Royal Ulster Constabulary as they raid a Catholic house, much to the local residents' anger. Hook gets separated from his fellow-soldiers and eventually gets lost in the back streets of Belfast. He is eventually rescued, but in the process discovers the seamy truth about daily life during the Irish Troubles.Filmed in and around the streets of Yorkshire, Yanin Demange's film has a newsy feel to it; this is chiefly due to the use of a hand-held camera that photographs the action in jerky style, with fast cutting and an emphasis on incident rather than characterization. This approach works well on one level, as it emphasizes the atmosphere of perpetual danger prevailing in Belfast at that time, where no one - not least the citizens themselves - knew who their friends were. Loyalties perpetually shifted, despite the religious divisions and the prevailing antipathy towards the British soldiers, who were often regarded (especially by the Catholic population) as representatives of the colonizing power.On the other hand, the film has little real sense of socio- historical context. The action plays out like a gangster thriller, with several sequences of physical violence interspersed with (the mostly male) cast swearing at any and every opportunity. We never really discover why people actually behaved as they did during the early Seventies; why the troops were brought in; and whether the troops' presence at that time differed from other periods in Irish history (for example, in the action leading up to and following the 1916 Rebellion). It seems that Demange has sacrificed analysis in favor of action and incident.As a result, we are left with a film that despite its title seems curiously ahistorical. Its subject-matter could refer to any internecine conflict past and present; while the characters' reactions tend towards the predictable. '71 represents a missed opportunity; viewers wanting to find out more about Irish history might be better advised to watch ODD MAN OUT (1946) or THE CRYING GAME (1992).