The Ambush
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, Ali, Bilal and Hindasi are ambushed by heavily armed militants on their route, through a narrow canyon. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, the three soldiers realize the gravity of their situation. They are running out of options, munitions - and time. Back at the base, their commander receives word and realizes that the assault on the UAE army patrol was premeditated. A rescue mission is quickly put into action, but will air and land support reach the men in time, and will they survive?
- Released: 2021-11-25
- Runtime: 110 minutes
- Genre: Action, Drama, War
- Stars: Marwan Abdullah, Khalifa Al Jassem, Mohammed Ahmed, Abdulla Saeed Bin Haider, Saeed Alharsh, Hassan Yousuf Alblooshi, Khalifa Albahri, Ghanim Nasser, Mansoor Alfeeli
- Director: Pierre Morel
Comments
- stevendecastro - 31 May 2023
Heroes or Murderous Cowards?
Because of other reviewers, I don't have to go into the fact that this movie tries to make heroes out of people trying to kill Houthis who are simply defending their own land. But the movie's depiction of the troops itself is distracting, because the way they fight a war is that they travel in MRAP troop vehicles in inadequate numbers, and if they see the enemy, they try to engage with a robotic gun on the top without ever getting out of the vehicle. So essentially they play the war like it is a video game. Obviously their enemy will just place a few rocks in the road and then attack the stationary vehicle, even by lighting a fire under it, etc. A war movie is supposed to be about heroism, not about soldiers who come to Yemen to murder, who are too scared to step out of their armored vehicles. - housearrestedever - 17 December 2022
Stupidly scripted battle movie
This is one of the stupidest war movies I've ever seen. The whole military operation is a ridiculous and amateurish joke. What we saw was a bunch of soldiers fattened with thick modern day battle gears trapped in the armor trucks like sitting duck facing the rebels on foot with basic AK-47s, mortars and mines. We have a hesitant field commander kept looking outside of his armor vehicle, awaiting the feed from the UAV but did nothing. The Central Command also did a lousy job to order the support of the UAV to be redirected to the battleground, then ordered another Apache chopper to help saving the entrapped worthless soldiers. I just couldn't understand why the commander of the base didn't do both earlier. By following such stupidly scripted, poorly directed and bunch of fat actors to play the soldiers who did nothing but took turns and tried to find a signal of their cellphones while surrounded by the approaching rebels, the viewing has become a very tough and enduring process. The only way to free from such stupidity is like what I did: Quit watching, man. - alhammadix-78-182605 - 11 December 2021
Best Emiratei Movie I have watch.
"Al Kameen is an Emirati film of international repute. I had a great time viewing the movie. It's quickly become one of my favorites. The actors did such an excellent job portraying the plot that it felt real, as if we were living within the movie. What makes it even more remarkable is that the entire film was shot in the UAE, with an all-Emirates cast. The movie has a fantastic way of framing the plot, keeping you enthralled and on the edge of your seat. The film makes you feel as if you are in the scene with them. - khalifatotob - 30 November 2021
On point Portrayals of the real life martyrs
It's revolutionary for the Emirati cinema and should be shown internationally to show the courage of the brave UAE soldiers in protecting Yemen from the insurgents and to provide more insight into the life of these peace seeking soldiers during the Yemen war.
