Disappointing version of material that you'd assumed would be sure fire - the SAS attack on the siege at the Iranian embassy in 1980 (which inspired Who Dares Wins). Not ancient history but enough time has passed for a more accurate picture to emerge - but the treatment feels stock and rote. The initial seizing of hostages, the negotiations, even the final attack... it's so underwhelming.
I guess the final attack was alright - at least the build up to it. But it was very disappointing. You get no sense of the risks involved, the complexity of the situation. It was straight old arabs-bad-and-fighting-terrorists-good. Abbie Cornish seems to be sending up her role, with her big hair and weird voice.
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