A Belfast Story (2013)

A Belfast Story: Directed by Nathan Todd. With Colm Meaney, Malcolm Sinclair, Tommy O’Neill, Paddy Rocks. In a city left torn by war, when a series of murders awaken dormant memories, many fear the worst. Colm Meaney (“Hell On Wheels

“The situation was, and still remains, far more complex than is portrayed in a film that predictably portrays one side as being a victor of what constituted a bloody, internecine civil war.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUnfortunately the dewy eyed, Boston Irish sentiment for supposed Irish ancestry and the glamour of the IRA has prevailed over the historical bigotry that lies behind a conflict that can never be won as long as there remains division in Christianity (catholicism and protestantism alike). And, indeed, Romeu0026#39;s refusal to intercede and the alignement of terrorist factions across the world are very much interlinked (Basque separatism, pro-Gaddafi Lybian factions, illicit arms sales, etc) has left us all with a legacy insofar as dealing with urban terrorism.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis film totally fails to take account of the many factors that remain today, and is smug and inaccurate. Yes, I am Irish (Dublin) and brought up as a Catholic.”