Omagh

It's not all beer and skittles here at Mr Pinky's. From time to time we like to view more serious material, and you can't get more serious a subject than terrorism. This made for television movie describes in a realistic, understated manner the events of the Omagh bombing in Ireland carried out by the Real IRA, a splinter group of the Provisional Irish Repulican Army. Shockingly, 29 people were killed and over 200 injured.

The film concentrates on the impact this has on one family, the Gallaghers, who lose their son Aidan. To use a cliche, this is every parent's worst nightmare. Your child goes up the shops and never comes home again.

Omagh never over extends itself, and doesn't at all try to give any type of political commentary or bias. It tries to stick to the facts of the matter. If the film does have an agenda, it is to show the traumatising effect indiscriminate acts of terror can have on a family as they try to make sense of why their loved ones are murdered.

The most horrible thing of course is that the murders are senseless. The families can salvage no meaning from the deaths of their loved ones. To add insult to injury, it is later revealed that the police investigations were badly bungled. There was no real urgency on the police's part to find those guilty.

Gripping stuff.