Special Forces (Film) Review

RRP: TBC
Director: Stephane Rybojad
Starring: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoit Magimel, Denis Menochet, Raphael Personnaz
Rating: R
Running Time: 107
In Stephane Rybojad's Special Forces, war correspondent Elsa Cassanova (Diane Kruger) is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the worlds' most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers and a group of soldiers (Djimon Hounsou, Benoit Magimel, Denis Menochet) who risk their lives to bring her home alive. -- (C) Entertainment One
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