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Special Forces
Directed by
Stéphane Rybojad
R
2011
1h 49m
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A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.
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Cast of Special Forces
Diane Kruger
Elsa Casanova
Djimon Hounsou
Commander Kovax
Benoît Magimel
Captain 'Tic-Tac '
Denis Ménochet
Captain Lucas
Raphaël Personnaz
Elias, sniper
Alain Figlarz
Victor
Alain Alivon
Marius
Mehdi Nebbou
Amin, Elsa's guide
Raz Degan
Ahmed Zaief, leader of the hostage takers
Tchéky Karyo
Admiral Guezennec
Morjana Alaoui
Maïna
Didier Flamand
Jacques Beauregard
Jacques Gallo
The 'Pacha'
Bernard Allouf
President of the Republic
Marine Faure
Prime Minister
Eric Soubelet
Patron De La Duse
Jean-Paul Dubois
Defense Minister
Antoine Blanquefort
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Laurent Claret
Chief of Staff of the President
Jeanne Bournaud
Alex
Isabelle Vitari
Lisa, Captain Lucas' friend
Anne Caillon
Jeanne, wife of Kovax
Nurullo Abdullayev
Mullah Zukhan
Denis Braccini
Serbian war criminal
Gregory Fromentin
Salemani
Elsa Levy
Claire, journalist colleague of Elsa
Matthias Van Khache
Richard
Séverin Bavarel
Journalist
Stéphanie Brongniart
Journalist
Olivier Pierre Richard
Journalist
Alexandre Brik
Journalist
Eric Kailey
Barbecue Guy
Fabrice Laroche-Joubert
Barbecue Guy
Julie Baronnie
Guest (uncredited)
Stéphane Rybojad
Director / Writer
Thierry Marro
Producer
Benoit Ponsaillé
Producer
Special Forces Ratings & Reviews
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
It's hard to take the proceedings seriously when they can barely hold our interest.
Movie Chambers
Paul Chambers
"Special Forces" has nothing constructive to say about bravery or the conflict in Afghanistan. It's just mindless action, and boring to boot.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
Stephane Rybojad has seen too many Hollywood action movies, because the director of this overwrought and borderline laughable French war film copies many of them.
Film Journal International
Maitland McDonagh
Imagine Saving Private Ryan relocated to Afghanistan and Pakistan and you have the gist of first-time feature filmmaker Stphane Rybojad's actioner about the rescue of a French journalist marked for death by the Taliban.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
If you turned the sound off and removed the subtitles, you might actually think you were watching an old Hollywood shoot-'em-up.
New York Times
Andy Webster
"Special Forces" aims to inspire but ends up wallowing in melodrama.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It's not only Americans who can make leaden, video game-style exercises in dumb war action.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
An uneven effort ...
Village Voice
Chris Packham
Could have been hilariously subversive if director Stphane Rybojad had pushed it further.
Slant Magazine
Rob Humanick
The film walks a questionable line between Important Issue seriousness and antsy video-game machismo.
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