The film walks a questionable line between Important Issue seriousness and antsy video-game machismo.
Special Forces(Forces spéciales)
France · 2011
Rated R · 1h 49m
Director Stéphane Rybojad
Starring Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel, Denis Ménochet
Genre Action, Drama, War
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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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What are critics saying?
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
It's an odd showcase for Diane Kruger. She is never very believable as Elsa, a war correspondent who has been kidnapped by the Taliban.
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.
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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