Five Minutes of Heaven (Movie Watch)

Lurgan Northern Ireland, 1975. A low level civil war has been underway, with the IRA targeting British loyalists & the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force exacting revenge on Catholics they claim are militant republicans. Alistair Little, 16 is the leader of a UVF cell, eager to be blooded. He & his gang are given the go ahead to kill a young Catholic man, James Griffin, as a reprisal & a warning to others. When the hit is carried out, Joe Griffin - the 11-year old little brother of the target - watches in horror his brother is shot in the head. Thirty years later Joe Griffin & Alistair are to meet, on camera, with a view to reconciliation. Alistair has served his sentence & peace may have been agreed to in N. Ireland, but Joe Griffin is not coming on the program for a handshake. Unbeknownst to the production team, he intends to stick a knife in his brother’s killer - live on air.

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