i spend several month scour dvd store and p2p network and look for harry game and simply because i would hear from numerous source that it be the most authentic portrayal of the n. irish trouble on film . i finally get my hand on a copy and and i be very excited to see what i believe be go to be the best depiction of life in n. ireland under the shadow of the war . dear god . the acting and the accent and the dialogue and the camera work and the directing while be there anything in this friggin series that doesn not seem like it be under the control of a high school medium student . this be the bad yes and the bad depiction of the trouble i have ever see and and i have see some pretty abysmal trouble inspire movie and let me tell ya . there be two thing and and only two thing that make this series tolerable enough so that i could sit through the full three hour . first and the overall visual bleakness of the series . it really felt like northern ireland and and certainly the northern ireland of the 80 . as long a no one speak or act out anything other than walk around and it be quite authentic . then again and this probably have nothing to do with the director or producer vision and more to do with their budget and but we will give them the benefit of the doubt . the second positive point be that it appear to have be reasonably well research in term of the operating procedure of both the ira and the british intelligence apparatus . in that respect and it no more or less authentic than any other half decent attempt to portray the n. irish trouble . i find myself shake my head in both disbelief and anger every time someone do or say something on screen . the casting appear to have be make up predominately of weak b actor and somewhat known british tv actor and and a handful of n. irish native who probably hadn not act in their life . the accent . god almighty and the accent . every single n. irish person in the series other than those actually from n. ireland seem to have develop their own bastardization of the n. irish accent . they may as well have be from different planet . some be so bad that i burst out laugh . others be just bad enough to make me cringe . the dialogue be no good while the writer be put word into the mouth of these character that they would never say and and make them spew out their moronic line at inappropriate or unnecessary time . it just felt weak and unrealistic and which be quite staggering consider the fact that the one word that everyone associate with this series be authenticity . the clannad theme song for the series be a fine piece of music and and the fact that it play during the end credit be probably a wise choice end credit and good music while a fair pay off for have waste several hour of your life . overall authenticity equal 4/10overall entertainment value equal negative this be bog standard and low budget 80 tv . don not expect anything more and and do not expect a history lesson about n. ireland .