Maze (2017 film)


Maze is a prison film about the IRA Maze prison escape of 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners which was written and directed by Stephen Burke it was released on 22 September 2017.

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The Traditional Unionist Voice party said "After watching the trailer I am deeply concerned that the film is going to show a one-sided, very biased account of the Maze break-out. There is no account at all given in the trailer by the prison officers who served us during the Troubles."
Alex Maskey of Sinn Féin said "At the end of the day a prison escape is of huge human interest worldwide so I have no doubt people will go and watch the film. I would recommend to people, go and watch it and make your judgement - I would hope it wouldn’t glorify anything which is inappropriate.”
As of December 2017 the film has a rating of 6.6/10 on IMDb. The Playlist included it as one of their choices of underrated films of 2017
The film opened without previews to over €141,000 after its official release on Friday 22 September and was screened in more than 60 cinemas all over the island of Ireland. It set the 2017 record for the biggest opening weekend for an Irish film.