A very good movie

The war between the British government and the IRA was at the end of the 70's quite ruthless and this movie managed to display how far both sides would go to reach their goals. It was indeed a merciless movie which didn't take any side but neutrally displayed the facts. For a directing début, I thought it was pretty impressive. Indeed, you could see that McQueen was originally an artist as, in the midst of the horror and filfth, he managed to shot some visually beautiful scenes. During most of the duration, there was barely any dialogues, except for an outstanding scene between Michael Fassender and Liam Cunningham which lasted more than 15 minutes without any cuts. Indeed, it was not a movie about words and ideology, it was more a visual punch in your face. Obviously, Michael Fassbender gave her a star-making performance and he finally got his deserved breakthrough. Of course, when the hunger strike began, I was strongly reminded by 'The Machinist'. I don't know which one between Fassbender in this movie and Bale in 'The Machinist' looked more horrible but you definitely need a strong stomach to watch these flicks. Anyway, to conclude, it was not an easy movie to watch but I thought it was really impressive and it is definitely worth a look.