Excellent political thriller from the Seventies which is well acted throughout. Rod Steiger plays Niall Hennessy, an Irishman who wants no part of the violence his friends want. All this changes when his wife and daughter are shot by the British during a riot in Belfast. This all leads him to try and blow up the Royal Family during the State Opening of Parliament. A well paced thriller with Steiger, Remick, Johnson and Porter all putting in believable performances. Look out for Patrick Stewart with hair in one of his first film performances and a young Patsy Kensit as Steigers doomed daughter.
Review of Hennessy
