The Assault

– Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers air..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 31 Minutes
Release Year:
2010
Original Name:
L'assaut
The Assault (2010) - Also known as L'assaut

Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed and extremely determined. They demand the liberation of their “brothers in arms” and want the aircraft to take off at once. After very lengthy and intense negotiations between the French and Algerian governments, the plane is finally allowed to leave. There are three main characters at the heart of the action: a member of the GIGN, Carole Jeanton, an ambitious technocrat willing to do anything it takes to achieve personal gain from the events, and Yahia Abdallah, a determined jihadist who grew up in the slums of Algiers and was being manipulated by an obscure GIA envoy, Ali Touchent.

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Release Date:

09 Mar 2011

Language:

French, Arabic

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Julien Leclercq

Writer:

Simon Moutairou, Julien Leclercq, Roland Môntins (book), Gilles Cauture (book)

Main Actors:

Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Aymen Saïdi

Plot:

Based on a true story, a SWAT team is tasked with storming a hijacked Air France plane to save its passengers.

Production:

Screen Media Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
Metacritic:
55%