15 Minutes of War
2019 · Movie · NR · 98 min · ★ 6.8 · 44% critics
In 1976, a school bus carrying French children and their teacher is hijacked and driven to a tense border zone. A newly formed French elite unit is rushed in, but with opposing forces nearby and time running out, they must weigh risky options and attempt a precise rescue plan based on real events.
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Details
- Original title
- L'Intervention
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-01-30
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 44/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (322 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a fact-based hostage thriller with a slow build, mounting tension, and bursts of action, somewhat in the vein of Argo or Munich; Not for you if you want nonstop spectacle or light, easy viewing.
Pros: tense hostage setup; strong pacing; gripping desert atmosphere | Cons: flat dialogue; uneven acting; political premise debates
Themes
- terrorism
- terrorist group
Cast & crew
Olga Kurylenko
as Jane Andersen
Alban Lenoir
as André Gerval
Sébastien Lalanne
as Pierre Cazeneuve
Michaël Abiteboul
as Georges Campère
Vincent Perez
as Général Favrart
Guillaume Labbé
as Jean-Luc Larrain
David Murgia
as Patrice Lorca
Ben Cura
as Phillip Shafer
Josiane Balasko
as Michèle Sampieri
Kevin Layne
as Barkhad
Directed by Fred Grivois