The Ambush

Original title: Al Kameen

2021
R
1h 42m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

2.5K

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When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.

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When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.When three Emirati soldiers are ambushed in a hostile territory, their commander leads a daring mission to rescue them.

Director
- Pierre Morel
Writers
- Brandon Birtell
- Kurtis Birtell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Pierre Morel
Writers
- Brandon Birtell
- Kurtis Birtell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Al Sayari
(as Khalifa Albhri)

Hassan Yousuf Alblooshi

Abdullah Al Balooshi

Saeed AlHarsh

Captain Saeed Al Shehhi

Mark Allen Jr.

Al Sayari
(English version)
(voice)

Abdullah Almaqbali

Matar - Command Driver

Ibrahim Almusharaakh

Mansoor

Salem Altamimi

Sergeant. Salem

Nazia Chaudhry

Ali's Wife
(English version)
(voice)

Hesham Elshazly

Salem

Abdullah Bin Haider

Colonel Almazroui
(as Abdullah Bin Heider)

Majid Al Jasmi

Rescue Oshkosh #3 Sergant

Khalifa Al Jassem

Warrent Officer Bilal Al Saadi

Director
- Pierre Morel
Writers
- Brandon Birtell
- Kurtis Birtell
All cast & crew
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1/10

Suspiciously similar to "Beast of War"

That's a 1988 US film about a Russian tank crew in Afghanistan losing its way in as narrow canyon and being ambushed by Mujaheddin. It has a fairly complex story and shows both sides of the conflict. This film takes the basic idea and paints it black and white, good Emirati soldiers and evil Huthis, who are however fighting in their own land.

The war in Yemen is part of the conflict between Sunni Saudis and Shia Iran, with both sides trying to make coexistence impossible, but this film doesn't give you any information about that. There is no explanation who the Huthi are, and the film equates them with Daesh although they are enemies. It's another hack job for Pierre Morel who has been a hired gun for brainless action drivels ever since his success with "Taken".

Yemen has long been the battleground for the world's dirtiest and most ignored war and would deserve a serious effort to portray its tragedy.