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Special Forces(Forces spéciales)

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France · 2011
Rated R · 1h 49m
Director Stéphane Rybojad
Starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel, Denis Ménochet
Genre Action, Drama, War

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

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Slant Magazine by

The film walks a questionable line between Important Issue seriousness and antsy video-game machismo.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

This tale of an elite military unit assigned to rescue a war correspondent kidnapped by the Taliban is as frenetic and ultimately mind-numbing as a "Call of Duty" videogame, only without the thematic depth.

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Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan

There's nothing terribly surprising about Special Forces, a moderately gripping action flick about a group of commandos on a mission to rescue a pretty blonde who has been abducted by the Taliban. Nothing, that is, except that it's French.

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