Special Forces

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Special Forces

R

Released Oct 12, 2012

1h 49m

Action

Adventure

Drama

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Journalist Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger) is kidnapped by a warlord in Afghanistan, and a group of elite French special forces soldiers are sent in to rescue her.

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

If you turned the sound off and removed the subtitles, you might actually think you were watching an old Hollywood shoot-'em-up.

Rated: 2/4

Oct 12, 2012

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Andy Webster

New York Times

"Special Forces" aims to inspire but ends up wallowing in melodrama.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 11, 2012

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

It's not only Americans who can make leaden, video game-style exercises in dumb war action.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 11, 2012

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

It's hard to take the proceedings seriously when they can barely hold our interest.

Aug 5, 2019

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Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

"Special Forces" has nothing constructive to say about bravery or the conflict in Afghanistan. It's just mindless action, and boring to boot.

Rated: D-

Mar 3, 2013

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Stephane Rybojad has seen too many Hollywood action movies, because the director of this overwrought and borderline laughable French war film copies many of them.

Oct 15, 2012

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Liquid A

Wow, this is really underrated. What's up with the 15% critics score?? Movie had my attention the entire time. Story isn't perfect, but it works. Cast was great, acting was great. Djimon Hounsou was awesome. Movie is quite well made for what was probably a lower budget international production. Reminds me of Lone Survivor without the big Hollywood budget. I'm pretty selective about what movies I buy. I already own Lone Survivor. This one I will also buy because I know I'll watch it a few more times at the least.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Kim C

I enjoyed the characters and the tasks they were given. I don't expect it like it as much as I did. I plan to watch the entire series.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/05/23

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Audience Member

Buona e molto varia la fotografia, aiutata da una sceneggiatura che porta i personaggi a toccare gli ambienti più diversi tra loro. Buono anche il casting dei militari, seppure poi venga sfruttato molto poco lo sviluppo della maggior parte di loro. Quello che più manca però è la veridicità delle sequenze di azione; il confronto con gli altri film del genere è impietoso; non c'è il minimo impegno nello studio delle tattiche e dei movimenti; solamente persone che si sparano frontalmente senza nessuna logica.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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cristiano d

Good movie, great photography. Action packaged, good acting, can stand the paragon with US special forves movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/22

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Liam D

A very standard action but the talented cast make it watchable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/26/22

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jelisije j

A decent military movie that with a little changes here and there would actually make it an underrated classic.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Stéphane Rybojad

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Diane Kruger

Elsa

Djimon Hounsou

Kovax

Benoît Magimel

Tic Tac

Denis Ménochet

Lucas

Raphaël Personnaz

Elias

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Synopsis

Journalist Elsa Casanova (Diane Kruger) is kidnapped by a warlord in Afghanistan, and a group of elite French special forces soldiers are sent in to rescue her.

Director: Stéphane Rybojad
Producer: Thierry Marro, Benoit Ponsaillé
Screenwriter: Stéphane Rybojad, Michael Cooper, Stéphane Rybojad, Michael Cooper
Distributor: Entertainment One
Production Co: TPS Star, StudioCanal, Banque Postale Image 4, Easy Company, A Plus Image 2, Canal+
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 12, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.8K
Runtime: 1h 49m

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