Shot in a hand-held documentary style, this conveyed the feelings of anger on the one hand and indifference on the other that lead to the killing of 13 people.

It is clear why so many turned to the IRA after the tragedy of this event and perhaps puts some of the terrorism of the ensuing years into context. That is not to say that perhaps there were some omissions. I thought it didn't quite convey the fear the soldiers felt that might have caused them to fire, it is assumed that they did so with little provocation. Maybe this was true. On the whole it does tend to cast them as heartless b***ards intent on zero tolerance and they were one dimensional compared to the Irish characters. It is never really clear why they pulled the triggers.

Towards the end, the film does tend to skip realism a bit, as it seems to side with the demonstrators a tad too much, while showing off all English soldiers as cold blooded killers. On the whole though, a very watchable film. [8/10]

The painful experiences dramatised in Omagh—the horror of the event, the stonewalling and cover-up by state officials—will clearly resonate with families who lost loved ones in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York. Like Omagh residents, they, too, have watched with increasing horror at the unceasing subterfuge and lies from the Bush administration.