Or: One night in the life of a Loyalist fighter in Northern Ireland. When Catholic John Lynch is unwise enough to venture out and try to do something about street fighting between Catholics and Protestants, he is quickly swept up in a whirlwind of violence, specifically with the world of local enforcers James Frain and Ian Hart, the latter a psychopath to match Begbie in Trainspotting. Fuel both for those who plead for peace and for those who would let the warring factions beat the Bejazus out of each other, director Thaddeus O'Sullivan's film is also a decent thriller in its own right, besides looking at the differing viewpoints of those caught in the violence; those who glory in it, those who condemn it, those who use it for political ends and those who, hero-worshipping the fighters on respective sides, are disillusioned by the unthinking reality. Both an impassioned and dispassionate view of the Troubles, this is small-scale but worth your attention.


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