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| French | L'Assaut |
| Directed by | Julien Leclercq |
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| Based on | L'Assaut : GIGN, Marignane, 26 décembre 1994, 17 h 12 by
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| Cinematography | Thierry Pouget |
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| Distributed by | Mars Distribution |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $4.6 million[1] |
| Box office | $4.3 million[2] |
The Assault (French: L'Assaut) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie.[3]
Cast
The cast at the premiere of the film in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Vincent Elbaz as Thierry Prungnaud
- Grégori Derangère as Commander Denis Favier
- Mélanie Bernier as Carole Jeanton
- Aymen Saïdi as Yahia
- Chems Dahmani as Mustapha
- Djanis Bouzyani as Salim
- Marie Guillard as Claire Prungnaud
- Naturel Le Ruyet as Emma
- Philippe Bas as Didier
- Antoine Basler as Solignac
- Philippe Cura as Roland Môntins
- Mohid Abid as Makhlouf
- Fatima Adoum as Djida
- Hugo Becker as Vincent Leroy
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Ali Touchent
- Claire Chazal as News presenter
Reception
As of June 2020, review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 53%, based on 145 reviews, with an average score of 5.86/10.[4] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 55, based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[5]
References
- ↑ "L'Assaut". JP's Box-Office.
- ↑ "L'assaut (The Assault)". Box Office Mojo.
- ↑ The Assault
- ↑ "The Assault (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. 6 April 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ↑ "The Assault". Metacritic.
External links
- The Assault at IMDb
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