Special Forces (2012)
Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s 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 soldiers 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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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
I don't get it. 6+ is a pretty high rating on IMDb. This movie did not deserve it. Have any of these people seen Black Hawk Down ? Hurt Locker? This just doesn't compare. At all. The character development is bleak. I mean, it's there, but horrible choices of what to show and develop these characters with . The main problem with this movie is that it just isn't realistic. I usually love French movies and was looking forward to this. I think they were trying to copy the American typical action movie. But this is way worse because this isn't what the French do. Or what they are good at. For instance, I would never hand a Frenchman a gun if I could hand him a piece of paper or a pan. They excel in some areas and a vapid movie isn't one of them. The soundtrack is terrible by the way. Almost so bad it ruins the movie. Skip this. Go watch a real war movie.
Wow wow wow where to begin... I started this movie with the expectation that it was going to be just a campy B-Movie, with some cool action scenes and cheesy one liners (with a generic name like "Special Forces"). Little did I know I sat through 2 hours of the best choreographed, best acted, and most heart wrenching tale, I have seen in a long time. It is pretty much the French version of Sole Survivor. Djimon Hounsou strikes again as one of the best actors I have ever seen, I consider my self a "tough guy", but his emotional moments had me fighting back the tears. Another favorite character of mine was Raphaël Personnazs' character of the Rookie Elias. He was that guy we all want to be when we think of a hero. He always acts without regard to himself to save lives, and is torn apart seeing Innocent people killed, but the movie does a good job of showing that war is a terrible thing. Lastly as being someone whom served in Afghanistan, I can say the military choreography was spot on. The actors did an excellent job of of reenacting combat. This is a must see and I already ordered the Blue Ray off Amazon, because this is a must watch, and I want it in my movie library. 5 out of 5
I saw this movie but unfortunately in 59.00.00 was a big mistake. they asked from village chief "where are the children s?" answers "Taliban toked them away " reporter carry on " to teach them SHIA rules and because of this there is some hate " I want to say Taliban is Sunni and the are killing Shea and in them rule if can kill even one non Sunni (Shea) they will go to paradise.i think this is media war but its not fair. i think they try to erase Sunni crimes and wash the blood to Shea countries like Iran. i have to write 10 lines and its not fair too:( i have to write 10 lines and its not fair too:( i have to write 10 lines and its not fair too:( regards
Movie started very good by giving sense you are really part of the special forces team. All the humor in order to get over the fear of the operation. End the start of the operation was pretty good it was a simple plan but with a good execution except the sniper part since I haven't a sniper without a buddy to watch operation area.After the operation int evacuation part it was really a messed-up story. Two choppers full of soldiers are afraid of some tali**ban punk with a rocket launcher (not Stinger) by the way rocket-man had wasted its only ammunitions... I think one mini gun should sweep them off even if it did not kill them all I am pretty sure that all tali**ban cockroaches gonna sh**it their pants ...After this point everything got pretty illogical in every way possible both technical and emotional.To sum up :Still watchable. Acting and the scenes are quite good. But script play and reality is below average. if screenplay was good it would 7-8 over 10