The confessional becomes a warzone when a priest chooses mercy over martyrdom.
The thriller Boxed addresses the little-known fact that the Irish Republican Army would bring in sympathetic priests to administer last rites to those they were about to execute. The film analyzes the fallout that occurs when one of these priests ha a change of heart, deciding to fight for the life of the captive.
Acting
Tom Murphy's trembling resolve anchors every suffocating minute.
Direction
Comer wrings Hitchcock-level tension from one cramped room.
Writing
Dialogue sharp as a blade — theological debate with lives on the line.
Director
Marion Comer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film dramatizes actual IRA practices of recruiting sympathetic priests, a rarely acknowledged chapter of the Troubles.
Shot in just 10 days on a shoestring budget, the single-location constraint mirrors the characters' own trapped desperation.
IE
GB
