An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
Director: Steve McQueen
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham, Helena Bereen, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon, Karen Hassan
CinemaSerf - 7/10
Well nobody could ever accuse Michael Fassbender is giving half measures here in this graphic and brutal biopic of Irish Republican prisoner Bobby Sands. Shortly after Margaret Thatcher was elected in Britain, he was incarcerated in Belfast’s Maze Prison where his stance against not just the UK but the predominately Unionist views of the population of Northern Ireland at the time were seeing him a...
May 31, 2025
badelf - 8/10
Ouch. Margaret Thatcher was a huge bitch. If people can watch this movie and not realize that oversized, corrupt governments are pure evil, then something is deeply wrong. Fassbinder is absolutely phenomenal in this.
November 22, 2025
An odyssey, in which the smallest gestures become epic and when the body is the last resource for protest.
The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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The story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
1h 36m
May 15, 2008
Steve McQueen
Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Liam Cunningham
Drama, History
NR
Yes, on AMC Plus Apple TV Channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel
