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Synopsis
Spanning four tumultuous decades during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
The real Dolours Price was married for two decades (1983-2003) to Irish actor Stephen Rea. During that time, Rea appeared in the film for which he is arguably best known in the United States: the 1992 romantic thriller The Crying Game.
The casting is absolutely perfect
In that film, Rea plays Fergus, an extremely reluctant and ambivalent member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) – the same organization that Price was involved with for many years. The leads, Gerry Adam’s, Brendan Hughes and Dolours Price are absolutely perfectly cast.
You’d swear you were actually there reliving history
It’s gritty, it’s moving and they’ve got 1970s Belfast down to a tee. You’d honestly think you were watching a documentary that was so well-shot.
I’m only a few episodes in, but so far it’s been breathtaking
So far they have done a good job of showing both sides of the story and have not hesitated to show how the troubles began. The Protestant/Loyalist population with the help of the police beating and burning Catholics out of their homes.