The film looks phenomenal. Jack O’Connell received heaps of praise for his performance in Starred Up, and has cracked into Hollywood following his appearance in prequel 300: Rise of an Empire, so there’s a lot of promise coming from this young man. The film looks gripping, intense and very atmospheric, hopefully promising a realistic feel to the situations that take place.
The film, directed by Yann Demange, premiered at the 64th Berlin Film Festival, and received positive reviews from critics, whilst on Metacritic it has a total of 88/100. Promising stuff, let’s just hope the film can live up to it upon release.
’71 is released October 10th.