FILM REVIEW: Bloody Sunday
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010© A.J. Malouin 2010
(Rating: 3 by The MovieMan. See our side-bar page “How We Rate Movies”)
(2002/UK/Ireland. Written and directed by Paul Greengrass.)
On Sunday afternoon, 31 January 1972, a huge group of demonstrators led by Ivan Cooper planned to carry out a totally peaceful civil rights march in Londonderry, Ireland, to protest unlawful internment by the occupying British forces.
Unfortunately, the Protestant versus Catholic factions, the influence of the IRA, and the overwhelming presence of British troops all combined to turn what could have been a peaceful demonstration into a British massacre in which 13 unarmed civilians were murdered, and another 14 were seriously wounded.
“Bloody Sunday” tells the story of how this unnecessary tragedy became unavoidable. (more…)