Matt Oakes Silver Screen Riot Oct 14, 2026 B

Nominated for nine awards at this year's British Independent Film Awards, ''71' will likely go widely unnoticed in the US of A even though it has success written all over it.

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Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson Jul 28, 2025 5/5

'71 puts on a clinic in physical peril, raw emotional intensity, and survival mentality.

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Ankit Ojha Cinema Elite Jul 9, 2024 4.5/5

“‘71” wastes no time, throwing you right in the middle of the action, and never lets go for a single second throughout its 99-minute runtime.

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Victor Pineyro Seventh Art Studio Jun 17, 2022 7/10

For a "war" movie, there's few gunshots, yet pure tension. '71 has its best moments when it knows its simple story give space to good moments of adrenaline and chaos. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media Mar 3, 2021 4/5

Violent British wartime thriller has strong language, peril.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 6, 2020 A-

'71 immerses the viewer in a brutal world where just talking to the wrong person or being seen in the wrong place can get you killed, placing you in the heart of the action, and never pulls punches.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Dec 8, 2019

Focusing on realism...[Yann] Demange, working with a script by Gregory Burke, goes for the gusto with a gut-wrenching action thriller/ character drama that speaks to the conscience.

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Katie Smith-Wong Flick Feast Nov 20, 2019 4.5/5

In '71, [Yann] DeMange creates a well-paced, gripping feature.

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Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 30, 2019 A-

You can keep your Liam Neeson action tripe and Jason Bourne-inspired shenanigans. We need more of the smart, savvy, sophisticated suspense that '71 has in spades.

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Cameron Ward One Room With A View May 25, 2019 4/5

'71 shows true care and attention to its constructed world.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Horror Nonna Aug 25, 2018

There is a rich ethical murkiness that runs through this film on a near molecular level, and it strives to gets into the meat of what this kind of violent civil unrest and violence does to people.

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Mae Abdulbaki Punch Drunk Critics Aug 14, 2018 3.5/5

A tight script, great action, and well-paced suspense throughout.

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Sarah Manvel Critic's Notebook Aug 10, 2018

One of the sharpest British movies in some time.

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Megan Basham WORLD Mar 16, 2018

The film touches on the politics that inform the action but not enough to provide much context.

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Camilla Long Sunday Times (UK) Feb 19, 2018 5/5

This is one of the most extraordinary films I've seen this year, a knuckle-mashing, head-smashing, Tommy-bashing tour de force.

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M. Faust The Public (Buffalo) Oct 17, 2017

The thick accents and murky lighting will be an impediment to some viewers, but the overall effect will get to you regardless.

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Kiva Reardon Cinema Scope Oct 2, 2017

'71 takes an ethno-nationalist conflict rooted in hundreds of years of colonialist history and makes it beige, apolitical and gutless.

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Kathy Fennessy The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Aug 21, 2017

Everyone knows war is hell, but not all directors know how to bring that concept to life.

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Alex Heeney Seventh Row Aug 14, 2017

The film is certainly cynical about the inner-workings of the army.

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Joe Bendel Epoch Times May 25, 2016 3.5/5

Demange crafts a tight, tense, white-knuckle night of the soul. He certainly proves he can stage a riot.

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