Meehan expects all loose ends to be taken care of, but Martin doesn't want to fire a single bullet. When Martin kills the man kneeling beside a gravestone, Father Michael De Costa (Bob Hoskins) witnesses the crime and see's Martin's face clear as day - but Martin can't execute this man. Martin reluctantly agrees, telling himself and his soul it'll be the last one. He wants Martin to do what he does best and kill a man. Meehan doesn't want money for these documents, he has plenty of that, what he wants in exchange is a service.
That means Martin needs forged documents to get out of the country which puts him in the crosshairs of the slimy crime boss Jack Meehan (Alan Bates). There's just one problem, the English customs officials now know the name Martin Fallon, they know he's wanted for a horrible crime. When the military starts hunting him and his partner Docherty (Liam Neeson), Martin flees to London so he can book passage to America and put the war behind him. When a bomb he helped build and plant on a rural road detonates too early and blows up a bus full of school kids, Martin loses his path. Martin Fallon (Mickey Rourke) was a man with a cause, his heart was with the IRA and he was willing to do anything and everything for a free Ireland - even kill. The material is already pretty thick, but some heavy-handed visuals and genre conventions bog down what could have been a taught yet dramatic thriller. Director Mike Hodges' 1987 film is essentially about a murderer with a crisis of faith. Some filmmakers can subtly state what their film is actually about, while others insist on hitting the audience over the head with the material.
That said, the theme should be the subtext, only in rare cases should it ever be explicitly stated. This is what the story is actually about, not what the characters are going through or doing on screen, that's just plot that should work in service to the story. Season 4 is the latest installment of the Mythbusters series and this time the Mythbusters are investigating a multitude of myths that include baseball, superheroes, the wild west, pirates and that ever-resourceful secret agent, MacGyver.It's important for a film to have a theme, an underlying idea or message that works within a film. In Season 4, the Mythbusters investigate a multitude of myths that include baseball, superheroes, the wild west, pirates and that ever-resourceful secret agent: MacGyver. They are out to prove or disprove myths and urban legends that have been part of our society for decades. The Mythbusters are special effects gurus Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage and their build team, Tory, Kari and Grant. It's the perfect formula for mind-blowing entertainment: science, experiments and explosions.
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