Probably one of the most challenging experiences that a viewer can have. I must admit that some scenes are too tough for a human being to watch without feeling a punch to his guts. The movie takes place in the Maze prison, where IRA activist were kept under arrest. As Republican prisoners, they received such treatment that would make an example of them, under the lowest living conditions a person can barely survive. First we're introduced to the No Wash Protest. During the protest the prisoners don't shave or wash and cover the walls of their prison in their own excrement. Later on we meet Bobby Sands, the IRA activist who conucted and started the hunger strike.
Hunger is not only based on actual events but also it narrates the real life struggle of the Maze's prisoners without holding back anything. "It's a tragedy and the world should be aware of that, generation by generation." says Steve McQueen whose directorial debut is probably going to be his masterpiece.
Hunger's narration relies on the balance factor, the story is told both from the prisoner's and the guardian's points of view, both bearing the physical and the mental burden of their "duties" and "responsibilities". As the movie reaches to its grand finale we see how this burden takes its toll on both sides.
The movie boasts top class acting, heavy symbolism, tense tone and a twenty one minute long, uncut dialogue between a priest and Bobby on life, religion, choices, hunger strike and "salvation". A true modern classic from the start to the end, without a doubt, a must see.
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