DVD - Shadow Dancer (15)

An active member of the IRA in 1990’s Belfast is forced to become an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son.

Marred by the tragic death of her younger brother, Colette must navigate through her distorted world of violence and conflicting morality.

Director, James Marsh, and writer, Tom Bradby, make a powerful pair, with the former responsible for the Oscar winning documentary, Man on Wire, and Bradby having worked as a news reporter in Northern Ireland in the 90’s before writing this first of his six thrillers.

Stick with what seems a slow start-director, Marsh, reels you in stealthily and doesn’t let your heart rate drop until the very end.

You don’t need any prior knowledge or understanding of Ireland’s ‘troubles’ to be affected by this film, it stands alone as a formidable, all-out thriller.