matic potential but the role it played in shaping the ethnic landscape of North America , it ’ s surprising that Hollywood has thus far never tackled the subject of the Irish famine . Black 47 ’ s more rough around the edges elements ( unconvincing matte paintings , a tepid musical score ) suggest a larger budget would have gone a long way to smoothing them out , but the core components - writing , direction , acting - more than paper over the cracks . Daly ’ s handles his film ’ s outbreaks of violence in a decidedly old school manner , devoid of jerky camera and quickfire editing , and his film has more in common with the gritty westerns of the ‘ 70s than any recent examples of the genre . Violence often explodes in wide shots , catching the audience and the on screen victims off guard .
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