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Michael Collins (1996)
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Irish writer-director Neil Jordan followed up his surprise hit The Crying Game with this controversial biography of IRA leader Michael Collins (Liam Neeson), one of the most important political leaders of the 20th century. The film follows Collins as he matures from guerrilla leader to national hero and statesman. Jordan's take on Collins is that he was set up by Irish president Eamon De Valera (Alan Rickman), who was jealous of Collins's legendary popularity. De Valera puts Collins in the position of negotiating a peace treaty that would never satisfy the Irish hero's hard-core followers. When the IRA leader returns with a first-step...
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Michael Collins Movie Review by Jarrod  (4/29/2008) |
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'Michael Collins' is a stirring and powerful drama about the famous Irish revolutionary, who led his countrymen in their fight for independence from Great Britain. We first meet him at the Easter Rising in 1916, which ends in disaster after a standoff with the British army. Michael (Liam Neeson) and his comrades are...
(complete Michael Collins review by Jarrod)
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