A police unit from Mosul fight to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of ISIS militants.A police unit from Mosul fight to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of ISIS militants.A police unit from Mosul fight to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of ISIS militants.
Is'haq Elias
- Waleed
- (as Ishaq Elias)
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- TriviaIt's the first ever Arabic language movie with an Iraqi dialect produced by Netflix.
- GoofsThe bullet holes on the humvees windows keeps changing between shots throughout the movie. For example at 1.03.49, there is no sign of them, but in the next shot you can see them clearly.
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Bearing in mind that this is fiction, featuring actors, written and directed by an American, Mosul still has an authentic and sincere feel to it. The events covered are recent, and the wounds still very much raw, but the treatment seems fair.
The core story is the basic coming-of-age of a young policeman inducted into a SWAT team acting, essentially, as executioners, and he soon adopts that philosophy. Daesh behave like medieval savages, but the callousness and cruelty that this engenders on those fighting them isn't glossed over either. There are no heroes here - all the characters presented have quirks or flaws.
The acting, filming and production values are all generally decent, with some compelling performances from the leads. The combat sequences in particular are well done, with some admirable examples of snafus and fumbles that give them a gritty authentic feel.
The tone of the film is generally grim and downbeat, but there's a surprisingly affecting twist at the end when the unit's real mission is revealed. Even within that though, there's some further nuance that brings home that there are no easy, final victories over an ideology as actively evil as Daesh.
This is a commendable, thought provoking and thoroughly well made film that far exceeded my expectations.
The core story is the basic coming-of-age of a young policeman inducted into a SWAT team acting, essentially, as executioners, and he soon adopts that philosophy. Daesh behave like medieval savages, but the callousness and cruelty that this engenders on those fighting them isn't glossed over either. There are no heroes here - all the characters presented have quirks or flaws.
The acting, filming and production values are all generally decent, with some compelling performances from the leads. The combat sequences in particular are well done, with some admirable examples of snafus and fumbles that give them a gritty authentic feel.
The tone of the film is generally grim and downbeat, but there's a surprisingly affecting twist at the end when the unit's real mission is revealed. Even within that though, there's some further nuance that brings home that there are no easy, final victories over an ideology as actively evil as Daesh.
This is a commendable, thought provoking and thoroughly well made film that far exceeded my expectations.
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- Мосул
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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