Special Forces
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  • Starring: Benoît Magimel, Denis Menochet, Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou
  • Summary: War correspondent Elsa Cassanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the worlds’ most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers and a group of soldiers who risk their lives to bring her home alive. (Entertainment One) … Expand

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  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Michael O'Sullivan
    Oct 11, 2012
    50
    There's nothing terribly surprising about Special Forces, a moderately gripping action flick about a group of commandos on a mission to rescue a pretty blonde who has been abducted by the Taliban. Nothing, that is, except that it's French.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Frank Scheck
    Oct 14, 2012
    40
    This tale of an elite military unit assigned to rescue a war correspondent kidnapped by the Taliban is as frenetic and ultimately mind-numbing as a "Call of Duty" videogame, only without the thematic depth.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Rob Humanick
    Oct 8, 2012
    38
    The film walks a questionable line between Important Issue seriousness and antsy video-game machismo.

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