The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
With a barrage of title-card identifications, 6 Days can feel closer to a re-enactment than a thriller. To the extent that the movie has a political angle, it’s perhaps gratuitously jingoistic.
New Zealand, United Kingdom · 2017
Rated R · 1h 35m
Director Toa Fraser
Starring Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Mark Strong, Martin Shaw
Genre Action, Drama, History, Thriller
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In April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in Princes Gate, London and took all 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 world had never seen the likes of.
The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
With a barrage of title-card identifications, 6 Days can feel closer to a re-enactment than a thriller. To the extent that the movie has a political angle, it’s perhaps gratuitously jingoistic.
6 Days boils down the intricate relationship between Iran and the West into a tense standoff of conflicting ideals where the values and perspectives of only one side really matter.
Technically smart but dramatically a bit flat.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
This is as pure a narrative-based film as one is likely to find; the men and women populating 6 Days exist primarily to move the story along.
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
6 Days can’t help but feel like a missed opportunity.
It’s confused about whether it wants to be a ticking-bomb tale of heroics or a complex insider account.
In that climate, the desultory 6 Days can be appreciated for at least having the guts to show us what can go wrong.
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