Route Irish DVD
Directed by British film-making legend Ken Loach (Looking For Eric, The Wind that Shakes the Barley), Route Irish is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller that delivers a fresh insight into the moral and political corruption at play in Iraq.
As well as exploring the abuses perpetrated by private security firms on the ground in Iraq, Loach, and long time collaborator, screenwriter Paul Laverty (Looking For Eric, My Name is Joe) examine the effects of combat on security contractors - the new ‘soldiers’ of modern warfare - who witness the horrors of combat and are subject to post-combat stress yet receive no support from the state upon their return home.
Largely set and shot in Liverpool, Director of Photography Chris Menges (The Reader, The Killing Fields) expertly transports the stress and adrenaline of frontline combat to the film’s British locale through the use of frequent flashback sequences to the streets of Baghdad.
Mark Womack, in his first film role following parts in high-profile TV dramas including Liverpool 1 and Sorted, leads the cast which includes renowned stand-up comedian John Bishop, Andrea Lowe (The Tudors) and Southern Kurdistan musician Talib Rasool.
Route Irish is released on DVD and Blu-ray May 23 2011