Rent Black '47 (2018)
3.3 of 5 from 210 ratings
1h 35min
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- Synopsis:
- It's 1847 and Ireland is in the grip of the Great Famine that has ravaged the country for two long years. Feeney (James Frecheville), a hardened Irish Ranger who has been fighting for the British Army abroad, abandons his post to return home and reunite with his family. He's seen more than his share of horrors, but nothing prepares him for the famines hopeless destruction of his homeland that has brutalised his people and there seems to be no law and order. He discovers his mother starved to death and his brother hanged by the brutal hand of the English. With little else to live for, he sets out on a destructive path to avenge his family.
- Actors:
- Hugo Weaving, James Frecheville, Stephen Rea, Freddie Fox, Barry Keoghan, Moe Dunford, Sarah Greene, Jim Broadbent, Ciaran Grace, Colm Seoighe, Olivier Biwer, Kieran Boland, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Dermot Crowley, Diarmuid de Faoite, Elliot Gray, Aymeric Harter, Ruairí Heading, Orla Hogan, Fiach Kunz
- Directors:
- Lance Daly
- Producers:
- Arcadiy Golubovich, Macdara Kelleher, Jonathan Loughran, Tim O'Hair
- Writers:
- Lance Daly, P.J. Dillon, Eugene O'Brien, Pierce Ryan
- Aka:
- The Ranger
- Studio:
- Altitude Film Distribution
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Ireland
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/12/2018
- Run Time:
- 99 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Behind the Scenes
- Musical Pieces
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (6) of Black '47
Worthwhile history lesson - Black '47 review by TE
The best part about Black '47 is the way that it foregrounds the devastating famine in Ireland in the 1840s, and the brutal colonial exploitation by the English. This historical setting is well depicted and provides the mainspring for a good story.
In many respects the film would fit well in the Westerns genre: plenty of gun play, horses and moral dilemmas.
Unfortunately, about 20 minutes before the end, the action lurches off into unrealistic superhero territory, with one man cutting down large numbers of opponents, and the main villain having an unlikely change of allegiance.
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Grain of Truth expanded to Provide a Story - Black '47 review by KW
Interesting film about the the famine in the 1840's in Ireland and the impact it had on large tracks of land to the west of the Country. Is the story an amalgam of various stories that have been handed down over the years and have been cleverly woven together to provide the story line with its depiction of life as it was and the callousness of the Government supposed by the army and or militia groups. The cast and their performances were excellent were excellent, with enough plot twists to keep you glued to it!
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Grim but thrilling,historically accurate. - Black '47 review by SS
The film replays in a classic revenger's tragedy, the horror and cruelty of Ireland's potato famine.For anyone Irish, it's cathartic, for anyone who isn't, it's an education in the history and language of the country.Hugo Weaving is brooding and dynamic, an Australian who masters the language and character of the ex-British Army renegade, who expiates the guilt of the atrocities he has committed in Afghanistan in the Queen's service by visiting violent revenge on those who have evicted and murdered his family in Ireland.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.