After more than four decades as one of Britain’s most highly regarded directors, Ken Loach shows no sign of slowing down.
After taking a detour into somewhat lighter fare with his last feature Looking for Eric, he has returned to the political arena with the taut revenge thriller Route Irish, which examines the privitization of war and the murky world of security contractors in Iraq.
Mark Womack stars as an ex SAS man who is certain that the official explanation for his friend’s death in Iraq is not the real story, and back in Liverpool he embarks on a quest to uncover the truth.
I spoke with the witty and eloquent Ken Loach and Mark Womack earlier this week about the film and about Mr. Loach’s extraordinary career. My review of Route Irish will run on Friday.
