

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Direction
Demange's debut—tight, breathless, you ARE the prey.
Acting
Jack O'Connell's eyes hold 90 minutes of terror.
Cinematography
Belfast streets as suffocating maze, beautiful and brutal.

Director
Yann Demange
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Blackburn and Sheffield standing in for Belfast—local residents were cast as extras, some remembering the actual Troubles.
The 'splinter group' dynamics mirror real 1970s IRA fractures; the film refuses to simplify which 'side' is worse, because nobody wins.