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Five Minutes of Heaven [Blu-ray]
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Product Description
From the Oscar®-nominated director of DOWNFALL, the BAFTA-winning screenwriter of OMAGH and star Liam Neeson comes a startling new thriller inspired by true events: In 1975, 17-year-old Irish-Protestant Alistair Little assassinated 19-year-old Catholic Jim Griffin in his Ulster home. The murder was witnessed by Griffin s 11-year-old brother Joe. Thirty years later, Little (Neeson) has been rehabilitated and released from prison, while Joe Griffin (James Nesbitt of BLOODY SUNDAY and JECKYLL) remains traumatized and bitter. But when a television talk show decides to bring them together for a live on-air reconciliation, two men haunted by one moment must come face-to-face with their own worlds of pain, violence and vengeance. Anamaria Marinca of 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS co-stars in this must-see drama that dares to explore both sides of Northern Ireland s troubled past as it comes to terms with its still uncertain future.
DisappointedReview date: 2010-08-21 Rating: 4 out of 10Since recently discovering Liam Neeson as an actor in the movie Taken, I was expecting so much more. I was disappointed! The movie was slow and boring.
ReviewsterrificReview date: 2010-08-18 Rating: 10 out of 10For me it was like going back all those years myself to that time.
It's high quality drama and extremely well done, imo.
There are many who have done things in our youth that we regret and have moved on as adults and tried to grow as human beings and move beyond.
It doesn't matter if those old actions were minimal in comparison to what happened in the movie.
This film will remind anyone of this and may initiate a reflection and introspection
that brings depth to the movie and their experience with it.
A good drama resonates and this one is good, imo.BORINGReview date: 2010-08-13 Rating: 4 out of 10Ten minutes was enough. Then I tossed it out the window. Well, not really. Heh.
The beginning was too slow and it didn't go anywhere. MY GRADE: C minus.OutstandingReview date: 2010-08-09 Rating: 10 out of 10Northern Ireland was plagued for some thirty years with "The Troubles," sectarian violence between Protestant and Catholics before the "Good Friday Agreement" of 1998. Nearly four thousand people died. This film is about this conflict; the introduction states it's a "fiction inspired by two men who bear the legacy of one of these killings."
The key event is the murder of a young Catholic man by a member of the Ulster Volunteer Force, a Protestant, pro-British group. There was "nothing personal" about the murder; it was part of "The Troubles." The killer was only fifteen when he joined the UVF. Thirty-three years later a film production team sets up a meeting between the killer (who served twelve years in prison) and the victim's brother. The brother was about twelve when he witnessed the murder and narrowly escaped death himself.
To say much more would be to spoil this outstanding film. Liam Neeson is solid as the adult killer. James Nesbit is excellent as the jittery, weak-willed, revenge-hungry adult brother. Anamaria Marinca almost steals the show in a small role as a gofer for the film production team to whom the brother confides his true feelings.
I must say this film may not be for everyone. Sometimes the pacing is very slow. Viewers may have a hard time accepting that the killer is projected as a stronger character than the victim's brother. And the bit about the mother of the victim's reaction to the killing stretches credibility.
not that goodReview date: 2010-08-02 Rating: 4 out of 10The beginning of Five Minutes to Heaven shows the war taking place in Ireland, which leads me to believe it's going to be a quality movie.
The storyline involves a group of teens riding around in a car and shooting someone (in a REALLY graphic way) and this portion of the film is *significantly* more interesting than the second half of the movie, which is dominated with segments that take place many years later, and when all the teens are finally grown up.
It includes very mediocre talking segments that bore me quite a lot. Five Minutes to Heaven goes from great to poor as soon as the second half arrives. I simply could not get into it. Maybe you'll be able to appreciate it more than I could.
Product Details/SpecificationsActor(s):
Liam Neeson
James Nesbitt
Director(s):
Recording label: MPI HOME VIDEO Manufacturer: MPI HOME VIDEOEAN: 0030306184494Binding: Blu-rayFormat: Color, Widescreen, Release date: 2010-04-27Universal product code (UPC): 030306184494Number of discs: 1Aspect ratio: 1.77:1Audience rating: UnratedRegion code: 1Running time: 89 minutesTheatrical release date: 2009Language: English (Original Language)
Brand: MPI
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