A crash-course in modern British imperialism, Psy-Warriors makes literal a thread that runs throughout the Alan Clarke films: the violent nature of intimidation, and the intimidation inherent in the suggestion of violence. The human tendency to experiment with other humans is there too; it goes with the territory. In Psy-Warriors, three suspected "terrorists," arrested and interrogated by a special unit following a pub bombing, are each treated to a different psychological technique for breaking down their resistance. Each suffers differently the effects of sensory deprivation and intense psychological abuse. For terrorist and terrorizer alike, it's all in the line of duty...until the line is crossed. "It's not Ireland," one protests, but it's Northern Ireland as a state of mind, the English mind. And the mind-ideology, that is-is the enemy.