The true story of Gerry Conlon, a young mischievous lad whose father Giuseppe sends him to London after he played a prank that got him into trouble with the IRA. In London, Gerry gets into the hippie scene and one night, when he is walking out of a prostitute's flat with her stolen money, there is an explosion at a pub in Guildford which kills five people and wounds dozens more. Gerry returns to Belfast to share his riches with his mates but is soon picked up by the army and the RUC and flown back to England, accused of making the bomb. Along with his friend Paul, he is tortured and interrogated by the police until they bung him in jail based upon his confession. Giuseppe gets taken to jail as well whenever he flies to England to support his son. Four men are convicted of the bombing - including Gerry. Gerry undergoes a metamorphosis in his character while he is in jail. He goes from being a rebellious brat to having his eyes awakened to the truth about things when he realises one of the real bombers is on the inside with him. This prisoner orchestrates a protest and sets a hated prison guard on fire. Gerry puts the fire out with a blanket. A campaigning lawyer finds documents that the police concealed a lot of evidence from the trial. In a triumphant court scene, she produces evidence the police lied which leads to an exoneration of the Guildford Four. An excellent legal film, Daniel Day Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite walk off with acting honours here. Postlewaite's role as Giuseppe could have been cloying and maudlin, but Postlethwaite retains a dignity that is above all of that. Daniel Day Lewis is convincing as an angry young man who learns a lot about life and justice during his confinement. The film takes us back to the crazy days of Northern Irish terrorism in the 1970s which involved hysteria, bigotry and blood thirsty people on both sides of the conflict. The film just induces in me a massive relief that things are much better now and we can have films like In The Name of the Father that can explore the conflict in a measured way.