
A young Welsh soldier on duty in Northern Ireland finds himself used as a political pawn, following a tragic incident during a violent clash with some of the local agitators. The Guardian proposed that "if Spielberg's ET, in the immortal words of Pauline Kael, was a bliss out, Karl Francis' 'Boy Soldier' is a bleed out for sheer fist shaking emotionalism, it would be hard to find another British film of recent years to beat it."

as Wil Thomas

as Deirdre

as Officer

as Sergeant Crane

as Quinnell

as Joe

as Truscott-Jones

as Wright

as Sergeant

as Roberts

as Gary

as Hotel Manager

as Captain

as RSM

as Captain