The read
A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 91%. Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 73% of the 324 2020s war movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Kabul, August 15, 2021. US troops are preparing to withdraw from Afghanistan, while the Taliban are marching on the capital to seize power. Amid the chaos, Commander Mohamed Bida and his men are in charge of security at the French embassy, the last Western mission to remain open. Trapped along with 500 people, left to their own devices, the team must reach the airport at all costs. A perilous mission with no guarantee of success to flee the hell of Kabul and rescue what remains of humanity.
Ratings
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
252 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin BourboulonDirector
- Alexandre SmiaScreenplay
- Martin BourboulonScreenplay
- Guillaume RousselOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Roschdy ZemCommandant Mohamed Bida
- Lyna KhoudriEva
- Sidse Babett KnudsenKate
- Christophe MontenezMartin
- Sina ParvanehGénéral Sediqi
- Yan TualJC
- Fatima AdoumAmina
- Shoaib SaïdNangialay
- Sayed HashimiHaider
- Benjamin HicquelStéphane Raid
- Jean-Claude MuakaRoméo
- Luigi KrönerDom
