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Djimon Hounsou and Diane Kruger in Special Forces (2011)

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Special Forces

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  • A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.
  • In Afghanistan, French journalist Elsa and her colleague Amen are covering the story of Maina, a woman sold to a man when she was a child. Taliban leader Ahmed Zaief abducts Elsa and Amen and tries to force them to read a message to Western governments. The French president sends six Special Force to rescue Elsa, who's hidden in a fortress in Pakistan. The team composed of Commander Kovax, Tic-Tac, Lucas, sniper Elias, Victor, and Marius release Elsa and Amen, but lose their radios. Now the group needs to cross the inhospitable land to save their lives with the Taliban chasing them.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • When war correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban and faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. 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 her pursuit.

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  • War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to her rescue. In some of the worlds 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 commando 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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