15 Minutes of War

Released Aug 2, 2019

1h 38m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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7 Reviews

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78%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus is taken hostage. A unit of top French snipers is sent to neutralize the terrorists, marking the birth of the elite GIGN group. After 30 hours of negotiations, a rescue effort is organized for the children.

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Mark Keizer

Variety

Ignoring the controversies baked into this true story and focusing solely on military procedures and sharpshooting tactics is to trade uncomfortable historical context for big screen excitement.

Aug 7, 2019

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Boyd van Hoeij

Hollywood Reporter

As if 21st-century moviemaking magic had been let loose on a terribly conservative and hopelessly blinkered 1980s relic of a script.

May 20, 2019

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M.V. Moorhead

Phoenix Magazine

The actors are strong and whatever one's feelings about colonialism, the conflict here is such that you can't help but root for the snipers to get the kids to safety.

Jan 6, 2020

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

... employs some technical gimmicks to ratchet up the tension, but struggles to manufacture intrigue between its bookend action sequences.

Aug 9, 2019

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

In 15 Minutes of War, we understand what's happening with every move, every stall, and every bullet.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 2, 2019

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Jackie K. Cooper

jackiekcooper.com

Suspenseful from beginning to end and populated with unique characters who are a mix of "The Dirty Dozen" and "Dirty Harry."

Rated: 7/10

Aug 1, 2019

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Jay P

The movie is about the 1st job of the new French elit intervention team (Gign) in a colonialist context. Makes the public understand the time-line and first tactics in an hostage situation. It's about the reality of the job, not an Hollywood action movie. I'm sad "Hollywood" critics can't understand that. Good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/10/23

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Liam D

This true story could have had an amazing and powerful movie sadly it has a half baked script but Olga Kurylenko (Mara, A Breath Away) does deliver a great performance

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/23/22

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christopher l

L'intervention était un film tendu. Le rythme, l'action et l'intrigue étaient centrés sur la crise des otages à Loyada et la réponse du GIGN - bien que la Légion étrangère française ait eu un rôle de commandement qui n'a pas été souligné.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Captivating. Held my interest. Tense, suspenseful, and yet has enough dialogue to establish characters. Could have given more time to the grievances of the kidnappers. If it was true that the teacher voluntarily went to be with the children, she should have received a medal for her bravery. Motivates me to do research to see what was true and what was not.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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I was on the edge of my seat, didn't want to google the story until after watching the film so not to spoil it and I am glad I did. Gripping story, I don't think it could've ended better given the circumstances, but of course much of it was dramatised as expected - still, I thought it was a great film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Good movie, well done and suspenseful. Score from professional reviewers is very low but has might have to do with political correctness as this played in a former colony of France. Many countries learned from terrorist situations like this, giving birth to teams like GIGN and GSG9.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Fred Grivois

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Alban Lenoir

André Gerval

Olga Kurylenko

Jane Andersen

Michaël Abiteboul

Georges Campère

Sébastien Lalanne

Pierre Cazeneuve

Vincent Perez

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Synopsis

In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus is taken hostage. A unit of top French snipers is sent to neutralize the terrorists, marking the birth of the elite GIGN group. After 30 hours of negotiations, a rescue effort is organized for the children.

Director: Fred Grivois
Screenwriter: Ileana Epsztajn, Fred Grivois, Jérémie Guez
Distributor: Blue Fox Entertainment
Production Co: Capture The Flag Films, Agora Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 2, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 5, 2019
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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