Maze (2019)
Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II.
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The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Utter rubbish.... poor acting, poor direction, same old same old storyline glorifying thugs and murderers
This is acting at its finest. Tom Vaughn Lawlor is superb. Stephen Burke's writing conveys great emotion and great interest to the characters.This definitely deserves an IFTA.
Maze is a movie based on the biggest prison escape in Europe. A prison escape of 38 IRA members, a movie on how they planned and executed it. Even though the entire movie is in prison you really never have a dull moment. I doubt that there was not more tension between the Loyalists and the IRA members, like they portray it in this movie, but all in all it was not really about the hate towards eachother but more about the planning of the escape out of this maximum security prison. The cast was good, all the actors did what they were supposed to do. Maze is an entertaining movie that could have used a bit more violence and suspense to make it a better movie, but it's certainly worth watching.
I was hoping this would have moved irish cinema forward a bit. Unfortunately it succeeded in doing the exact opposite.There was a great lack of authenticity regarding the prison atmosphere, the supposed northern Ireland accents of some of the actors, the location( shot in Cork southern ireland and didn't care to hide that fact in the film). You would expect a prison drama to be a bit gritty and claustrophobic and maybe even instill a sense of menace. This felt more like an adult day care center where you could sit and drink a cup of tea with your custodian. Some performances worked but overall the film was embarrassing to watch as the amateurish holes appeared one after another.