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Dirty War (TV 2004)

TV Movie  -   -  Thriller | Drama  -  24 January 2005 (USA)
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After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it.... See full summary »

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Cast overview, first billed only:
Gavin Abbott ...
Bomb Incident Officer 2
Joanne Adams ...
Control Officer 1
Shamshad Akhtar ...
Falzah
Dean Ashton ...
RSM Officer
Paul Antony-Barber ...
Commander Paul Hardwick
Kameal Nisha Bisnauthsingh ...
Razla
Louise Breckon-Richards ...
DC Vicky Loman
Keir Charles ...
Press Officer
Josh Cole ...
Control Officer 2
Zoe Conway ...
TV Reporter - Liz Street
Joanna Croll ...
Female Doctor
Craig Crosbie ...
Radiation Expert
Fuman Dar ...
Mohammed Ibn Harrara
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Liz Corrigan
Tony Dolan ...
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After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism. Among them: a firemen worried about the increasingly dangerous conditions he and his men are expected to work under; the head of the anti-terrorist branch whose responsibility it is to protect London and a female Muslim detective brought into Scotland Yard to investigate another suspected terrorist cell. But it is too late to stop the attack. Outside Liverpool Street station suicide bombers detonate a large bomb, killing scores of commuters and sending a radioactive plume high into the morning sky. For the police, a desperate struggle to find and stop secondary attacks begins. For the fire service, the difficult and dangerous task of carrying out search and rescue in a heavily contaminated area. And ... Written by anon

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On a quiet street the men next door are going about their business. The business of nuclear terrorism. See more »

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Thriller | Drama

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24 January 2005 (USA)  »

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£2,500,000 (estimated)
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an effective fear atmosphere
30 July 2009 | by (Italy) – See all my reviews

The film is partly a thriller and partly a public-service announcement when seeing the events through the perspectives of politicians, terrorists and of course victims. In this smart drama lessons are given about contamination and surviving chaos while meantime the backstage look at the way crisis is managed prompts viewers to distrust guardians and to be scared by assailants. The film, originally aired on BBC, gets to arouse effectively doubts on official prepareparedness. Performances are proper, understated though never terrific. The flick is just a beginning, a provocative start leading to a larger discussion but it gets to work in my opinion, giving the right thrills and causing the audience to reason and to ask itself questions.


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