The Assault

L'assaut

France

2010

95 Min

Color

2.35:1

French, Arabic, English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Julien Leclercq, Julien Madon

SCR Simon Moutairou, Julien Leclercq, Roland Môntins, Gilles Cauture

CAST Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas, Aymen Saïdi, Marie Guillard, Antoine Basler, Philippe Cura, Fatima Adoum, Hugo Becker

ED Mickael Dumontier, Christine Lucas Navarro

MUSIC Jean-Jacques Hertz, François Roy

Christmas Eve, 1994. In war-torn Algiers, four men uniformed as border guards hijack Air France Flight 8969, foreboding doom for all 220 passengers. But on their arrival in Marseilles, the elite French SWAT force waits to avert tragedy…. Based on the harrowing true story of one of the most successful anti-terrorist operations in history, and incorporating actual news footage, this action-packed thriller from Julien Leclercq (Chrysalis) is packed with heart-pounding intensity. –Tribeca Film Festival

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paolone_fr

29Oct12

grey and sometimes very realistic, it lacks some grip to cling into memory.

HKFanatic

22Jun12

This French hostage thriller based on a true story is stuck somewhere between shakycam docudrama and fist-pumping anti-terrorist action flick - as a result, it will likely please fans of neither. The desaturated cinematography also means there's only two colors in the entire film, blue and gray. Worst of all, the editing plays so fast and loose that it leads to several gaffes and unintentionally hilarious moments.