Reviewing Movies

Watched the movie once again. Criminal organizations have long used children to do their dirty work because if caught they’ll get off lightly. The Canadian Young-Offenders Act has been accused of fostering this belief. Terrorist groups and guerrilla armies like children because they are malleable and make fanatical fighters. Brendan Behan was so recruited by the IRA and found himself confined to Borstal Prison for boys. As played by Michael York the Prison Administrator was a fair-minded disciplinarian who believed in rehabilitation and treated his charges with the same respect he expected from them in return. As Behan Shawn Hatosy brings a nascent Irish legend to life. The movie makes of a negative experience a positive rebirth.