Hunger

This is a movie about Irish republican Bobby Sands and the hunger strike he lead while in prison in 1981. It's no secret, so it's no spoiler that he was on strike for 66 days before eventually dying. You'll be treated to some brutal, disgusting violence, as well as seeing what exactly a "no wash" protest is.

Violence, male nudity and feces make this movie difficult to watch, but well worth it. Michael Fassbender makes a insane physical transformation into a man starving to death that is equal to Christian Bales performance in The Machinist.

Overall the film is pretty artsy. There's a great single shot scene that lasts about 17 minutes and that's probably the most dialogue in the whole movie.  You don't really get to know any of the characters too well but that doesn't diminish their importance. For example, there are two prison guards that have little to no dialogue and are only in a couple scenes but they show two very different/critical sides of the prison guards viewpoint.

It's director Steve McQueen's first feature film and the first movie I've seen of his. I've been wanting to see his other movie Shame that came out last year, also starring Fassbender.