The Assault
2010 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 6.0 · 54% critics
In December 1994, an Air France flight preparing to leave Algiers for Paris is hijacked by armed terrorists, trapping hundreds of passengers onboard. As the crisis escalates at the airport, authorities race against time to prevent a catastrophe and bring everyone home safely.
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Details
- Original title
- L'Assaut
- Years
- 2010
- Release date
- 2011-01-17
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (272 votes)
About
If you enjoy high-stakes, fact-based thrillers centered on a single crisis, this delivers sustained tension and urgency; Not for you if you avoid intense hostage scenarios or prefer lighter crime fare like Ganglands.
Pros: tense real-time stakes; gripping hostage setup; urgent pacing | Cons: heavy subject matter; limited character depth; stressful throughout
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- based on true story
- airplane hijacking
- co-workers relationship
- algiers, algeria
- police raid
- terrorist group
- islamic terrorism
Cast & crew
Vincent Elbaz
as Thierry
Grégori Derangère
as Denis Favier
Mélanie Bernier
as Carole
Aymen Saïdi
as Yahia
Chems Dahmani
as Mustapha
Mohid Abid
as Makhlouf
Djanis Bouzyani
as Salim
Marie Guillard
as Claire
- NR
Naturel Le Ruyet
as Emma
Philippe Bas
as GIGN Snipper Didier
Directed by Julien Leclercq