The Objective

20082008
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 30min

The Objective (2008)

A group of Special Ops Reservists on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan find themselves lost in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.

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A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triang... Read allA military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.

Director
- Daniel Myrick
Writers
- Daniel Myrick(screenplay)
- Mark A. Patton(screenplay)
- Wesley Clark(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination

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The Objective: Trailer

The Objective: Trailer

The Objective: Director's Comments

Featurette 3:44

The Objective: Director's Comments

The Objective: The Making of the Movie

Featurette 14:15

The Objective: The Making of the Movie

The Objective (2008)

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Jonas Ball in The Objective (2008)

The Objective (2008)

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Jonas Ball in The Objective (2008)

The Objective (2008)

The Objective (2008)

Jonas Ball, Sam Hunter, and Chems-Eddine Zinoune in The Objective (2008)

Jonas Ball in The Objective (2008)

The Objective (2008)

Director
- Daniel Myrick
Writers
- Daniel Myrick(screenplay) (story)
- Mark A. Patton(screenplay) (story)
- Wesley Clark(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.

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Taglines
- We haven't seen the real enemy
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
The IR Camera that Ben uses has the same settings (.95/20/0 degrees C), day or night wherever and whenever it was used because the on-loan IR camera was dropped and broke during the filming. Then IR footage was created using video effects to resemble actual IR camera footage. (According to director Daniel Myrick).

Goofs
During the failed helicopter extraction at 0:33 the team uses a couple of great techniques to make them more visible to the inbound helicopter crew. They attach "chem-lites" to their gear and with one attached to a length of chord, twirl the chem-lite into what is referred to as a "buzz-saw". The only problem - they use green chem-lites which are virtually invisible to night vision goggles the aircrews would be using. True buzz-saws and other markings are done with either red or infrared (IR) chem-lites which are very pronounced under NVGs and harder (red) or impossible(IR) to see with the naked eye.

Quotes
Benjamin Keynes: Habban is highly respected among the local population. He is considered the spiritual force that helped the Mujahideen defeat the Soviets.
Sgt. Vincent Degetau: [mocking the CIA operative] I thought the CIA was the spiritual force that helped them defeat the Soviets?
[chuckles]
Benjamin Keynes: That depends on, uh, your definition of spiritual, Seargent.
[dead-eye stare toward Degetau]

Connections
Referenced in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Echelon Conspiracy/Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li/Crossing Over (2009)

Top review

5/10

"Find your own meaning"/meaningless thriller with few actual thrills

The only original idea in this movie is to unapologetically use an actual, on-going and bloody war as a superficial backdrop to a pointless and hackneyed plot. The crew seemed like a good bunch of guys, and I'm sure they had a ton of fun in Morocco filming this. Too bad nobody has done the hard work of coming up with a coherent vision, purpose and narrative; of aligning location, characters and story; of coming up with a meaning or a graceful way of avoiding imposing a meaning; or, at the very least, of making an engaging thriller.

Stephanie Martin's cinematography, however, did make the movie much more bearable. Well-done and beautiful. Even stunning at times.

The score was quite good as well, I thought.

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Apr 25, 2008

Release date
- April 24, 2008 (Morocco)
Countries of origin
- United States
- Morocco
Official site
- Official site
Languages
- English
- Pashtu
Also known as
- Zor Görev
Filming locations
- Morocco
Production companies
- Jaz Films
- Kasbah Films
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Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $95
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $95
- Feb 8, 2009
Gross worldwide
- $95

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Runtime
- 1h 30min
Color
- Color

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