Mark Stanley

Malachi Kirby

Ali Cook

David Elliot

Paul Luebke

Benjamin O'Mahony

Scott Kyle

Andy Gibbins

Bryan Parry

Liam Ainsworth

John Doughty

Thomas Davison

Grant Kilburn

Robert Mitchell

Jon-Paul Bell

Hazem Alagha

Abe Dababneh

Felipe Cabezas

Ryan W. Sadi

Nick Johnson

Yazeed Habashneh

Bashar Shunnaq

Zudair Afridi

Alec Mackenzie

Joe Corrigall

Connor Mills

Tom Williams

Andrew de Lotbiniere

Paul Katis

Ros Hubbard

Erik Rehl

Nasser Zoubi

Anas Balawi

Paul Wrightson

Joo Fürst

Chris Goodger

Alex Woodward

John Hubbard

Phaedra Dahdaleh

Nour Alkawaja

Nigel Holland

Charlie Goodger

Joe Utichi

Sven Taits

Jamal Al Adwan

James Hayday

Laurent-Paul Robert

Paul Driver

Agnes Rama

Sheila Wickens

Hosni Al Baqa

Brin

Gareth Unwin

Paul Rees

Peter Hampden

Compton Ross

Lee Vandermolen

Seayoon Jeong

Norman Merry

Alexa Jago

Phil Hunt

Lucy Trendle

Thriller

Adventure

Drama

Kajaki

Head Gear Films

Lipsync Productions

Metrol Technology

MENA Film

Pukka Films

United Kingdom

English

Reno

> One bad step might cost your leg, maybe life.

Once I finished watching, said 'wow'. It can mean in many ways like the movie was stunning, edgy and probably best war flick of the 2014. Yep, there's no doubt in that, at least to me among those I've seen. It was a low budget British war-drama-thriller based on the real event that takes place in the year 2006, Afghanistan. The director was a documentary filmmaker, and I'm happy he chose to make it a movie. But still it looks like a semi-documentary and powerful.

In the backdrop of the Kajaki dam valley where one of the British army camp lies in a mountain top, one morning a military unit goes for a routine checkup in the surrounding area. It was not an usual day, a tragedy strikes and followed by a series of mishaps that leaves the entire team in a critical situation and so the other teams who come to assist. They risk their lives to rescue each other. Coming from the England, laying under the burning sun as the injured, they might have felt a very close to hell. The rest of the story is coming out of it, or would they?

I must agree with many who had seen this said, it is tough to watch. Because everything looked so real, sometimes the pain was felt if your focus was thorough. Especially if you are a kind hearted, your heart rate might go up. It is not all about predictable, we know what might happen because of the following scenes after the first blow, it's one way or another. But how, where, when and who is the question. Anytime, anything might happen, the screenplay was genuine in that matter. Once the tension parts begin, it was unstoppable, it will pull you out of your chair often.

> "This whole country is full of sht
> left behind when armies fkd off."

The whole film was shot in one location and its close by zone. It was in Afghanistan, according to the story, but the film was shot in Jordan. Very well utilised the locations, camera angles, the performances were top notch. I don't know anyone from the cast, but they were the best. Well, you won't forget the film after a watch, at least for a week maybe. You don't have to compare it with American war movies. This was not high-tech military combat, but just a simple story with one breathtaking circumstance.

What really disturbs is to know it was a real story. The unit was small and the head office did not provide them a proper equipments like well working radio sets, metal detectors et cetera which caused the disaster. You know, in the war its not like, take your gun and go kill the enemies like the John Rambo. There is types of war that fought in different style. In this film, these young soldiers were making sure and reporting the movements of the enemy in a nearby checkpoint. What happens was they caught in an unexpected trap and afterwards it turns human emotions.

I don't remember seeing a better war film from Britain, at least not recently. This film totally shocked me which was unexpected from an unheard title. As usual, taking chances in the unpopular movies gave me an opportunity to discover the hidden gem and I want to spread this word as much as possible far its reach. If you are reading this, especially you are an adult, I definitely highly recommend it. Don't anticipate a complete combat, but it'll give one hundred per cent of the theme under this narration takes place.

9/10

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