The Devil's Own

When I saw the opening scenes of this film I thought it would be another, more modern set 'Michael Collins' or 'Wind that Shakes the Barley'. However, it was not. The film follows an IRA soldier who's father was murdered by a Loyalist paramilitary in 1972, in front of his whole family, when Frankie (main character) is only 8! Frankie grows up to join the Provisional IRA, and sets about blowing up and shooting Brits and RUC, UDA, UDF, UFF etc. men (unbelievably easily). Then when things get too hot, he gets shipped off to the USA, to buy a load of missiles. He stays with a copper, and has to buy off New York gangsters. The copper (Harrisson Ford) finds out and arrests him. Frankie escapes (As you do) and shoots up the whole gang of gangsters. He makes off with the missiles and just when he puts out to sea in a boat the courageous cop jumps on board, shoots Frankie (and gets shot). THE END. The beginning was pretty damn good, but then ran into pretty damn terrible, cheesy, tacky... It was just toooooooooo unbelievable. Worth a watch though, it could've been a good IRA film minus the copper bit, and it could've been a good cop fil, minus the IRA bit. Together? Nah.