The Assault

France

Film treatment of a plane hijacking in Algeria whose purpose was to crash the plane into some prominent French monument like the Eiffel Tower.

Very annoying shaky-cam throughout which I gradually came to accept because it did contribute to the immediacy of the drama. Very fast-paced. Pretty good characterizations of the French assault team but none of the Muslim fighters; the old story - who knows who they were or their motives? They were just bad people.

Film easily held my attention but crumbles afterward when I thought about it. Taken from a true story from 1994.

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