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When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.
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- Writers
- Stars
Mansoor Al-Fili
- Colonel Jamal Al Khatri
- (as Mansoor Alfeeli)
Khalifa Albahri
- Al Sayari
- (as Khalifa Albhri)
Mark Allen Jr.
- Al Sayari
- (English version)
- (voice)
Nazia Chaudhry
- Ali's Wife
- (English version)
- (voice)
Abdullah Bin Haider
- Colonel Almazroui
- (as Abdullah Bin Heider)
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Experience like you're watching a Hollywood movie.
Full pack action with a touch of family oriented, sacrifice and a touch of drama.
A Big Salute to UAE's Armed Forces.
(It's obviously a military hardware show off) But still, the movie is great and you can easily relate.
I can't concur if the movie was happened in 2015.
May it happened but not that year, Because till mid 2018 up to now there's some clashes between coalition and Yemen extremists. And they do have media blackout.
Full pack action with a touch of family oriented, sacrifice and a touch of drama.
A Big Salute to UAE's Armed Forces.
(It's obviously a military hardware show off) But still, the movie is great and you can easily relate.
I can't concur if the movie was happened in 2015.
May it happened but not that year, Because till mid 2018 up to now there's some clashes between coalition and Yemen extremists. And they do have media blackout.
At middle of the movie you can feel lost, the connections between making memories with each other and the tank attack is noticeable and you feel this separation. That's why I found it 90% boring and extra long for such story.
That's a 1988 US film about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan losing its way in as narrow canyon and being ambushed by Mujaheddin. It has a fairly complex story and shows both sides of the conflict. This film takes the basic idea and paints it black and white, good Emirati soldiers and evil Huthis, who are however fighting in their own land.
The war in Yemen is part of the conflict between Sunni Saudis and Shia Iran, with both sides trying to make coexistence impossible, but this film doesn't give you any information about that. There is no explanation who the Huthi are, and the film equates them with Daesh although they are enemies. It's another hack job for Pierre Morel who has been a hired gun for brainless action drivels ever since his success with "Taken".
Yemen has long been the battleground for the world's dirtiest and most ignored war and would deserve a serious effort to portray its tragedy.
The war in Yemen is part of the conflict between Sunni Saudis and Shia Iran, with both sides trying to make coexistence impossible, but this film doesn't give you any information about that. There is no explanation who the Huthi are, and the film equates them with Daesh although they are enemies. It's another hack job for Pierre Morel who has been a hired gun for brainless action drivels ever since his success with "Taken".
Yemen has long been the battleground for the world's dirtiest and most ignored war and would deserve a serious effort to portray its tragedy.
Excellent movie directing by Pierre Morel and well selected characters. Amazing actors performance, picture well made and sound is just perfect. 🔥🔥🔥
Must watch movie! 10/10.
Must watch movie! 10/10.
The hype was unfortunately unreal, i got mixed feelings because i really wanted to like this movie but they made it really hard with bad narration, poor character building and robotic conversations, the soundtrack was horrible could've been much much better, didn't want to be harsh judging this movie but it's really a big disappointment for me.
Did you know
- GoofsDuring the airstrike, as the (jet powered) F16s are shown from the ground, the sound is the very different one of approaching high performance propeller aircraft, like a WW2 bombing raid.
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- The Ambush
- Filming locations
- Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates(The film was primarily shot at Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $5,224,931
- Runtime
- 1h 42m(102 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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