Hyena Road

2015
16
2 Std.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

9715

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Paul Gross and Rossif Sutherland in Hyena Road (2015)

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4 Videos

32 Fotos

Drama Krieg

Drei verschiedene Männer, drei verschiedene Welten, drei verschiedene Kriege - alle stehen am Schnittpunkt der modernen Kriegsführung - eine dunkle Welt mit einer fließenden Moral, in der ni... Alles lesenDrei verschiedene Männer, drei verschiedene Welten, drei verschiedene Kriege - alle stehen am Schnittpunkt der modernen Kriegsführung - eine dunkle Welt mit einer fließenden Moral, in der nicht alles so ist, wie es scheint.Drei verschiedene Männer, drei verschiedene Welten, drei verschiedene Kriege - alle stehen am Schnittpunkt der modernen Kriegsführung - eine dunkle Welt mit einer fließenden Moral, in der nicht alles so ist, wie es scheint.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,5/10

9715

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 5 Gewinne & 12 Nominierungen insgesamt

Videos4

'Hyena Road': Mess Hall

Fotos31

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Benutzerrezensionen87

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10briantaylor-26472

Excellent War Movie

Well done to Paul Gross and the cast of Hyena Road for creating an authentic Canadian war movie. Being a Canadian Army officer, I had to go see this one in the theater. It was an opportune time as I was able to go with my son, a 2nd year economics student home on his Fall break.

The movie was entertaining, emotional and educational. Hyena Road weaves the perspectives of war fighters into an telling story of the character of the Canadian experience in Kandahar Province. It keeps you engaged throughout with a mix of action, soldiering and the very human dimension to conflict.

"Inside the wire, we think about what to do outside the wire. We get it wrong fifty percent of the time which means we get it right the other fifty percent of the time" and " We have to remember that the end state is not for children to fly kites" were themes that stuck with us as we drove away from the theater.

Thanks Paul,

Major Brian Taylor, Canadian Army

10gkpearson41

Excellent Film. See it.

This is excellent film about modern warfare with convincing battle scenes, ramped up tension and incredible locations. Who are the good guys? Who are the bad guys? Very hard to tell in Afghanistan as Canadian soldiers do their duty, to little effect. In my view it is a superior film to the much hyped American Sniper. The performances were all very convincing and Paul Gross's direction was swift and to the point. The atmosphere of working in a very foreign land for the Canadian soldiers is very apparent. I found I cared about what they were doing, as I was frankly trying to figure out their mission. If you enjoyed films like Zero Dark Thirty or The Hurt Locker, you should see this film.

8THE-BEACON-OF-MOVIES-RAFA

interesting 2 see war from a Canadian standpoint ( C+Movie ) My Ratings 8/10

It explores the depth of the decision making in a never ending war. It shows how the "right call" may not be the right one in the long run and how its not black and white as people like to see it. Paul Gross creates the amazing story from great research. The love story is a bit hard to watch and Sutherland's acting leaves a lot to be desired, but it tells a story that needed to be told, with built in drama, twists and great comedic relief.

7jdeureka

"Hyena Road": Canada isn't just for limp maple leaves

One thing that makes "Hyena Road" excellent is that the film continues a cinematic and literary tradition of the Canadian ability to fight back, of intelligent opposition. In popular literature this goes back as far as Robert Service. In film it goes back to the (serious) Royal Mounties movies and to such Hollywood blockbusters as "The Wild North" (1952) and Stewart Grangers' character of Jules Vincent. Because Canada has become such an appendage to the USA in modern times we forget how outstanding the fighting ability of these people and their institutions can be. I do Not write this as a Canadian, mind you. But as an objective, non-Canadian who was very impressed by the combative intelligence and cross-cultural savvy of "Hyena Road". This is a sleeper. This is a keeper.

lhunt-9

A war tale told in a balanced way, from a uniquely Canadian perspective

This is an outstanding war film. As others have commented, it examines the Afghanistan conflict in a particularly Canadian way --- which means that each character has a distinct point of view and a unique place in the world. The film makes clear not only that each understands his/her situation differently, but also that each viewpoint merits the full weight of our attention and consideration. Both the nobility of sacrifice and the utter senselessness of war are captured. There have been many well-made recent films about our current conflict with the Islamic world. This is certainly one of the best of them.

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Wissenswertes
The footage seen between scenes of vehicles, Afghan soldiers, etc. were actually shot in Kandahar during the final combat deployment.

Patzer
At the start of the movie the squad is in a good hide below the ridge line. When they move out the shot shows them walking down the top of the ridge perfectly silhouetted against the blue sky. It looks cool but soldiers would try not to present themselves as such a clear target. They would continue to move below the brow of the hill so as not to skyline themselves.

Zitate
Pete: Alexander the Great marched into this graveyard about 2,500 years ago. Easy to march in, hard to march out. His words. He and his mother wrote to each other all the time. One day, he got a letter from her saying: "What the hell? You conquered most of the known world in a day and a half, what are you doing bogged down in Afghanistan?" He grabbed a bag and shoveled it full of dirt and had it sent back to Greece with a message to his mother: "Take this dirt and dump it around the palace, see what happens."
Pete: So Alexander's mother spread the dirt all around the palace. Later that night, a couple of attendants showed up to make sure she was alright. One says: "Go ahead, after you." And the other says: "No, after you." And the first one says: "No, I insist." And the second one says: "Don't you tell me what to do." They pull their swords and go at it till they kill each other. Alexander's mother watched all this and wrote a note to him saying: "Okay, okay, now I get it." And he wrote back saying: "Even the dirt is hostile." In Afghanistan, dogs fight dogs, birds fight birds, men kill men.

Crazy Credits
The film's title doesn't appear on screen until the closing credits.

Verbindungen
Referenced in Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015)

Soundtracks
Play That Funky Music
Performed by Leif Garrett
Written by Rob Parissi (as Robert W. Parissi)
Courtesy of Sweet City Records Inc., o/b/o itself, and, as administrator of RWP Music
Master Recording Courtesy of Cleopatra Records Inc.