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		  In the Land of Saints and Sinners (8/10)  
		by Tony Medley 
		106 Minutes 
		R 
		This is Liam Neeson’s generally annual early-year 
		thriller. Some have been good (the first, very good) and some not so 
		good. This is one of the good ones. While Finbar Murphy (Neeson) leads 
		what appears to be a mellow life in an isolated coastal town (Glencolmcille) 
		in the early ‘70s, he is a political assassin in the Irish wars. 
		Enter Doirean (Kerry Condon), a brutal, a brutal, 
		emotionless, cold-blooded killer on the other side, who ends up 
		targeting Finbar with her vicious crew. Well directed by Robert Lorenz 
		from a script by Mark Michael McNally and Terry Loane, it is enhanced by 
		captivating cinematography (Tom Stern) of the desolate, but beautiful 
		Irish seaside.  
		The conclusion is one of the better denouements one 
		will see, with the tension rising by the second. My only problem with it 
		was the audio. I watched it on a link to my computer and had a very 
		difficult time with the thick Irish brogues and seemingly low-quality 
		audio. Even though that could have been my computer, films in which 
		people speak in deep accents should be enhanced by captions. Even 
		without understanding much of the dialogue, though, it is so well done 
		that I could follow what was going on. 
		  
		
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