Revolving around the real-life hijacking of an airplane on a French runway on Boxing Day in 1994, The Assault was released in France last year and is set to make its Us debut next month.
The first Us trailer and poster have surfaced, courtesy of Apple, ahead of its limited theatrical release, and they promise an action-fuelled thriller that should make for a high-tension viewing experience on the big screen.
“An action packed thriller, “The Assault” is the gripping true story of the hijacking of a Paris-bound flight on Christmas Eve 1994, and the 48-hour effort to rescue the passengers. When four heavily armed Islamic terrorists hijack a Paris-bound Air France flight on the runway, 227 innocent lives hang in the balance. Their only chance of rescue is the determined French Gign’s (the elite counter-terrorism paramilitary unit of the French National Gendarmerie), called on to break the standoff and storm the plane.
The first Us trailer and poster have surfaced, courtesy of Apple, ahead of its limited theatrical release, and they promise an action-fuelled thriller that should make for a high-tension viewing experience on the big screen.
“An action packed thriller, “The Assault” is the gripping true story of the hijacking of a Paris-bound flight on Christmas Eve 1994, and the 48-hour effort to rescue the passengers. When four heavily armed Islamic terrorists hijack a Paris-bound Air France flight on the runway, 227 innocent lives hang in the balance. Their only chance of rescue is the determined French Gign’s (the elite counter-terrorism paramilitary unit of the French National Gendarmerie), called on to break the standoff and storm the plane.
- 3/14/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 2.5/5
Writers: Julien Leclercq and Simon Moutairou, Roland Môntins and Gilles Cauture (book)
Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas
It’s fitting that in the tenth year of the Tribeca Film Festival, whose inaugural year took place just six months before the World Trade Center attack, the powers that be have decided to program a film about terrorism to commemorate the tragic events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. That connection and the fact that Julien Leclercq’s The Assault is an engaging thriller justifies the film’s inclusion in this year's slate.
Read more on Tribeca 2011 Review: The Assault...
Writers: Julien Leclercq and Simon Moutairou, Roland Môntins and Gilles Cauture (book)
Director: Julien Leclercq
Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Grégori Derangère, Mélanie Bernier, Philippe Bas
It’s fitting that in the tenth year of the Tribeca Film Festival, whose inaugural year took place just six months before the World Trade Center attack, the powers that be have decided to program a film about terrorism to commemorate the tragic events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. That connection and the fact that Julien Leclercq’s The Assault is an engaging thriller justifies the film’s inclusion in this year's slate.
Read more on Tribeca 2011 Review: The Assault...
- 5/3/2011
- by Drew Tinnin
- GordonandtheWhale
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