Directed by:
Toa FraserScreenplay:
Glenn StandringCinematography:
Aaron MortonCast:
Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Abbie Cornish, Martin Shaw, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ben Turner, Emun Elliott, Aymen Hamdouchi, Andrew Grainger, Colin Moy, Martin Hancock (more)VOD (3)
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In April 1980, six armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London, taking 26 people inside hostage. Over the next six days a tense standoff took place. All the while, a group of highly trained soldiers from the SAS prepared for a raid, the likes of which the world had never seen before. (Vertical Entertainment)
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This is not a perfected thriller, but it is a thriller that has a pretty good suspenseful atmosphere in that anything can happen. Assuming, of course, that you don't know the historical event being described here. However, in the end, it doesn't have a moment of surprise in it, something that’s really going to wow you.
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Terrorist one-off trying to hide the fact that it's actually just a fast-paced and intellectually unpretentious SAS action flick with a plethora of more or less interesting characters in various military-political roles, thanks to wannabe deep and dramatically powerful scenes that don't work (Strong's phone call at the end, etc.). The running time doesn’t leave room for anything else, but the action is quite believable, with a good period setting and without any extra heroism or pathos, so OK. The flip side of the coin of Spielberg's long and more ambitious Munich.
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A fairly decent film about terrorists who take over the Iranian embassy in London and demand the release of their people from prison. Mark Strong as the negotiator is decent, it's just a shame that nothing much of interest happens for the whole hour until a bit of action at the end, which, while not overwhelming, impresses with its very authentic and realistic execution. 65%.
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