San Francisco Chronicle by Cary Darling
On its own terms, Escape From Mogadishu makes for an engrossing, nail-biting Korean history lesson.
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Korea · 2021
2h 1m
Director Ryoo Seung-wan
Starring Kim Yoon-seok, Jo In-sung, Heo Joon-ho, Kim So-jin
Genre Action, Drama
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In 1991, as civil unrest in the capital of Somalia intensifies, North and South Korean diplomats are trapped amidst the conflict without support from their governments. To make it out of Mogadishu alive, the embassy personnel from these two rivaling nations have no choice but to join forces.
San Francisco Chronicle by Cary Darling
On its own terms, Escape From Mogadishu makes for an engrossing, nail-biting Korean history lesson.
Ryoo ramps things up impressively once all hope of protection from local forces evaporates. Audiences are treated to half an hour of top-class car chases and shootouts as the group attempt to make it safely across town and onto a rescue flight.
You want great action? Eschew the comic book movies and read a few subtitles. Escape from Mogadishu is in a league of its own this summer.
RogerEbert.com by Simon Abrams
A giddy chase scene almost singlehandedly rescues Escape from Mogadishu, an otherwise unmoving South Korean political thriller about the real-life Korean diplomats who fled Somalia during that country’s 1991 civil war.
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