History Film / SeventyOne

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Gary survives and returns to England, but Captain Harris' [[KarmaHoudini escape from justice]] causes him to leave the army, and Sean is dead.]]

** Captain Harris does this to one of the Provos, who had already been shot.

* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Captain Harris tells Brigid that he'll shoot her father, then her, if she does not tell him where Gary is.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Sergeant Lewis and Captain Harris decide this because Gary saw the bomb in the pub.

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Captain Harris nor Quinn are held accountable for their crimes.

* ThoseTwoActors: Jack Lowden and Martin McCann also appear in Calibre (2018) together. In '71, McCann's character murders Lowden's character. In Calibre, the roles are reversed and Lowden murders McCann.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1940's film ''Odd Man Out'', which was about an Irishman TrappedBehindEnemyLines. This film changes the nationality and the time period, and is more of an action film, but has a similar trajectory and fatalism. [[spoiler:Though unlike that film, the main character survives]].

* ImperialStormTrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the initial chase scene, Paul shoots at Gary multiple times without hitting him.

* TheArtfulDodger: The [[spoiler:young boy that happens upon Hook and navigates him through the hostile streets of Belfast is an example. His precocity and ties to the Protestant Paramilitary make him a particularly bold little dude, scolding men twice his age when one makes the mistake of taking him lightly.]]

* BadGuyBar: The pub that the young boy leads Gary to is being used by protestant paramilitaries to build bombs.

* ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Gary meets a young protestant boy. When the boy realises that Gary is a soldier, he offers to lead him back to his barracks.

* DoubleTap: Captain Harris does this to one of the provos, who had already been shot.
** Averted by Sergeant Lewis when [[spoiler:he shoots Sean, allowing for a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind]]

* EnemyCivilWar: This is what is happening between the IRA and the newer Provisional IRA, or 'provos'.

-->"I'm Lieutenant Armitage, your platoon commander. I.. just wanted to meet the new boys.. I'm a bit of a new boy myself, actually, so.."
* EvilVersusEvil: The IRA, PIRA, the Catholic rioters, Unionist militias, the RUC and Military Intelligence agitators are all portrayed as extremely callous, corrupt, backstabbing thugs of varying culpability in the violence. Even the British Army only gets away with being ''merely'' naive, ineffective and amateurish.

* HoldTheLine: This is the soldiers' job while the RUC search houses. Given the behaviour and reputation of the police, it's not long before an angry mob is trying to push past the soldiers.

* ImprovisedWeapon: People in the mob throw rocks at the soldiers, giving one of them a serious head injury.

* PowderKegCrowd: The west Belfast locals are already angry at the presence of the army, but the RUC's [[PoliceBrutality brutality]] during their search makes the crowd turn violent.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: The young boy invokes this when someone speaks down to him, getting a quick apology despite his age. His uncle is a high ranking member of a protestant paramilitary.

* BlackAndBlackMorality: The IRA, PIRA, the Catholic rioters, Unionist militias, the RUC and Military Intelligence agitators are all portrayed as extremely callous, corrupt, backstabbing thugs of varying culpability in the violence. Even the British Army only gets away with being ''merely'' naive, ineffective and amateurish.

''[='71=]'' is a Drama film set in Belfast, [[TheSeventies 1971]], during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. Directed by Yann Demange and released on October 10, 2014.

A platoon of British Army recruits is deployed to Belfast to assist the local police in maintaining security and combating the IRA. When a riot breaks out, Pvt. Gary Hook (Creator/JackOConnell) is separated from his unit. Pursued by IRA gunmen, he quickly gets lost on the streets of Belfast. As he attempts to get back to his barracks, he becomes embroiled in the conflict between Nationalist and Unionist paramilitaries.

He soon discovers that the difference between friend and foe is not as simple as the difference between Catholics and Protestants..

!!'71 contains examples of:

* TheArtfulDodger: The [[spoiler: young boy that happens upon Hook and navigates him through the hostile streets of Belfast is an example. His precocity and ties to the Protestant Paramilitary make him a particularly bold little dude, scolding men twice his age when one makes the mistake of taking him lightly.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: When [[spoiler: Lieutenant Armitage shoots Sean just after Sean had saved Gary.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: Gary is one after he [[spoiler: stabs Paul. He makes some attempt to comfort him as he bleeds out.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Gary survives and returns to England, but Captain Harris' [[KarmaHoudini escape from justice]] causes him to leave the army, and Sean is dead.]]

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler: Sergeant Lewis is [[HeKnowsTooMuch strangling Gary]], and Sean shoots him InTheBack.]]

** Averted by Sergeant Lewis when [[spoiler: he shoots Sean, allowing for a ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind]]

* ExplosiveStupidity: [[spoiler: This happens at the pub, presumably due to the poor construction or mishandling of the bomb.]]

* HairTriggerExplosive: [[spoiler: This appears to be the case with the bomb in the pub.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Sean has one when Quinn orders him to execute Gary, although twice before he had hesitated when he had a chance to shoot him.]]
* HeroicRROD: Gary has one after he stumbles away from the [[spoiler: explosion at the pub.]]

* IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten: [[spoiler: In the climax, Quinn has Gary at gunpoint. He then orders Sean to kill him, probably due to Sean's earlier hesitation.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Closely averted.[[spoiler: Eamon is nearly killed for helping Gary (twice).]]
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Said by Sergeant Lewis, who assumes that [[spoiler: Gary was killed in the explosion at the pub]]

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted when [[spoiler: Thommo is shot in the head after he and Gary are separated from their unit.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1940's film ''Odd Man Out'', which was about an Irishman TrappedBehindEnemyLines. This film changes the nationality and the time period, and is more of an action film, but has a similar trajectory and fatalism. [[spoiler: Though unlike that film, the main character survives]].

* ThousandYardStare: Gary has one after [[spoiler: the explosion at the pub, especially having seen the young boy's injuries.]]

* TrappedBehindEnemyLines: The main plot of the movie for Gary.
* TheTroubles

'71 is a Drama film set in Belfast, [[TheSeventies 1971]], during UsefulNotes/TheTroubles. Directed by Yann Demange and released on October 10, 2014.

* TheTroubles

* TheCityNarrows: The army consider the Divis flats to be this.
* TheDragon: Paul is this to Quinn.
* TheSeventies

* TheTroubles

* TrappedBehindEnemyLines

A platoon of British Army recruits is deployed to Belfast to assist the local police in maintaining security and combating the IRA. When a riot breaks out, Pvt. Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell) is separated from his unit. Pursued by IRA gunmen, he quickly gets lost on the streets of Belfast. As he attempts to get back to his barracks, he becomes embroiled in the conflict between Nationalist and Unionist paramilitaries.

* LeftHanging: The film ends somewhat abruptly, with [[spoiler:the plainclothes agitators performing a KarmaHoudini after double-crossing the IRA by striking a deal with the PIRA, while an exceedingly shellshocked Hook takes his knowledge of the bomb in the pub back to England, where he [[RidingIntoTheSunset drives into the sunset]] with his younger brother]]. This may have been [[MoralEventHorizon deliberate]].

* LeftHanging: The film ends somewhat abruptly, with [[spoiler:the plainclothes agitators performing a KarmaHoudini after double-crossing the IRA after striking a deal with the PIRA, while an exceedingly shellshocked Hook takes his knowledge of the bomb in the pub back to England, where he [[RidingIntoTheSunset drives into the sunset]] with his younger brother]]. This may have been [[MoralEventHorizon deliberate]].

* BlackAndBlackMorality: The PIRA, the Catholic rioters, Unionist militias, the RUC and Military Intelligence agitators are all portrayed as extremely callous, corrupt, backstabbing thugs. Even the British Army only gets away with being ''merely'' naive, ineffective and amateurish.

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* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler: Sergeant Lewis is [[HeKnowTooMuch strangling Gary]], and Sean shoots him InTheBack.]]

'71 is a Drama film set in Belfast, [[TheSeventies 1971]], during TheTroubles. Directed by Yann Demange and released on October 10, 2014.