In 1983, the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II took place at County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Written/directed by Stephen Burke, Maze is inspired by the true events of the infamous breakout of 38 IRA (Irish Republican Army) prisoners. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Barry Ward and Martin McCann star.
I don’t ordinarily seek them out, but I definitely haven’t seen a really great and gritty prison drama since Starred Up (2013). It looks as though that’s about to change.
My Name Is Emily (2015), Evanna Lynch, George Webster
In My Name Is Emily, Evanna Lynch is a teenage girl on a mission to find her visionary writer father (Martin McCann) who has been ‘sectioned’/ locked up in a mental health institution following a mental breakdown.
A young girl’s father? Suddenly being carted off to a psychiatric institution? I’m simply too curious to forego this one.