Forces spéciales
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Forces spéciales is a 2011 French war adventure film by Stéphane Rybojad which was shot in France, Djibouti and Tajikistan. The French version is partly in English (and sub-titled in French) but a release date for a completely English version wasn't officially announced yet.
the renowned journalist
Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger) is ambushed by merciless kidnappers who kill her attendant immediately and take her to a hiding place. In order to make their point the kidnappers announce to put her to death. Her only chance to live is trusting her rescue to a special ops team. After the commando
unit has saved her for the time being they have to take a route through one of Pakistan
's tribal-ruled areas. The local population reacts suspicious and upset while running into these heavily armed foreign soldiers. This leads to a situation which rapidly derails. Now Elsa and her saviours have to run for dear life.
wrote the film was not really a war movie and had more resemblance with an army commercial than with an actual action feature film, and the plot had been stricly reduced to a minimum.
Plot
In AfghanistanAfghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
the renowned journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger) is ambushed by merciless kidnappers who kill her attendant immediately and take her to a hiding place. In order to make their point the kidnappers announce to put her to death. Her only chance to live is trusting her rescue to a special ops team. After the commando
Commando
In English, the term commando means a specific kind of individual soldier or military unit. In contemporary usage, commando usually means elite light infantry and/or special operations forces units, specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting, rappelling and similar techniques, to conduct and...
unit has saved her for the time being they have to take a route through one of Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
's tribal-ruled areas. The local population reacts suspicious and upset while running into these heavily armed foreign soldiers. This leads to a situation which rapidly derails. Now Elsa and her saviours have to run for dear life.
Reception
Le FigaroLe Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
wrote the film was not really a war movie and had more resemblance with an army commercial than with an actual action feature film, and the plot had been stricly reduced to a minimum.
External links
- Official Homepage (French)