Hidden Agenda
Synopsis
Murder... Torture... Corruption... The Truth Can Never Be Buried.
When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth... which they soon discover to be contained in an audio tape which the man had with him, exposing political manipulations at the highest levels of government. But such underlying agendas require careful considerations to avoid worse things than murder.
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With its rather polished air, it comes as something of a surprise that this is a film from the realism favouring Ken Loach, then you see the politics and you realise it isn't very surprising at all.
I do like this, though naturally it's a divisive subject; a film about Northern Ireland that instead of focusing on the atrocities performed by the IRA, looks to the actions of the British establishment and the RUC - the infamous 'Shoot to Kill' policy that was investigated in real life by John Stalker in the 80s. A fictional version of Stalker appears in this film played by Brian Cox.
It's still a deeply contentious subject, the recent inquiry into the 1989 murder of…
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Two American attorneys investigating human rights violations by the British in Northern Ireland come across a conspiracy when one of them is murdered. Very good political thriller that is critical of the Thatcher governments violent policies to destabilize the Irish separatist movement.
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A solid entry in the "Aren't the English fucking bastards" canon of films. It joins the ranks of Shame, In The name of The Father, Rob Roy and Braveheart as another indictment of the brutality of the English military intelligence apparatus. Not often seen and worth checking out not least for a very young Catlyn Stark from game of Thrones as an IRA sympathiser.
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Ken Loach makes a film concerning Britain's Thatcher-era right-wing establishment. Does it, you ask, portray them in a positive light?
Are you fucking stupid?
Decent political conspiracy thriller, quite mainstream for Loach. Good performances everywhere.
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With its rather polished air, it comes as something of a surprise that this is a film from the realism favouring Ken Loach, then you see the politics and you realise it isn't very surprising at all.
I do like this, though naturally it's a divisive subject; a film about Northern Ireland that instead of focusing on the atrocities performed by the IRA, looks to the actions of the British establishment and the RUC - the infamous 'Shoot to Kill' policy that was investigated in real life by John Stalker in the 80s. A fictional version of Stalker appears in this film played by Brian Cox.
It's still a deeply contentious subject, the recent inquiry into the 1989 murder of…