The read
A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, Metacritic 44/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
February 1976. Somalian rebels hijack a school bus carrying 21 French children and their teacher in Djibouti City. When the terrorists drive it to a no-man’s-land on the border between Somalia and French territory, the French Government sends out a newly formed elite squad to rescue the hostages. Within a few hours, the highly trained team arrives to the crisis area, where the Somalian National Army has taken position behind the barbed wire on the border. The French unit is left with very few options to rescue the hostages. As the volatile situation unravels, the French men quickly come up with a daring plan: carry out a simultaneous 5 men sniper attack to get the children and the teacher out safely. A true story.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
325 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred GrivoisDirector
- Fred GrivoisWriter
Cast
- Olga KurylenkoJane Andersen
- Alban LenoirAndré Gerval
- Sébastien LalannePierre Cazeneuve
- Michaël AbiteboulGeorges Campère
- Vincent PerezGénéral Favrart
- Guillaume LabbéJean-Luc Larrain
- David MurgiaPatrice Lorca
- Ben CuraPhillip Shafer
- Josiane BalaskoMichèle Sampieri
- Kevin LayneBarkhad
- Andre PierreMorad
