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Kajaki

Kajaki (2015)

November. 13,2015
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7.1
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R
| Adventure Drama Thriller War

British soldiers guarding the Kajaki Dam set out to rescue a three-man team after one of them loses a leg to a landmine.

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CommentsXp
2015/11/13

Best movie ever!

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BoardChiri
2015/11/14

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Dynamixor
2015/11/15

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

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Freeman
2015/11/16

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

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tnfitzgerald_1985
2015/11/17

I've never seen a movie capture what it is to be a soldier better. British, American or whatever. Watch this - it's history not a film.There have been many films made about Afghanistan/Iraq over the last few years and they are all afforded a degree of Hollywood Licencing. The Hurt Locker being an excellent example, almost good but ruined by pandering to a less intelligent audience.If I was asked to describe what being a soldier is I could only ever point to this film. There is nothing there that is overdone or underdone. It just is what it is meant to be.

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DominaTroy
2015/11/18

I watched this movie with no real expectations, however knowing a lot about Kajaki and those who were there in 2006. In the Afghani/War on terror, many movies come out that have no realism, no research, no detail specifications or background information. I found this movie to be on point in all of those categories making it a real and horrifying viewing experience. Controversial war films are rarely made these days. This was a controversial time in the 21st century when many who were in Kajaki in 2006 will, most definitely, relate to and understand. Many war movies use the same army gear, guns, etc however there is a huge difference between all factions, countries, and wars. This movie, if you know a little about war history, just by turning it on you would know the place, incident, and year. The director/costume people did a fantastic job with the accuracy right down to the TATTOOS ON soldiers. Another bold and extremely accurate detail I found was the attention to mines and effect they have when one is triggered. Spot on. The makeup was so real, and accurate, is was like I was there. The men in this movie told a story. The story was the soldiers telling it, not the action going on around it. That is a what I call a fantastic script. A soldier is your brother, or sister, and in a life or death situation, They're not going to just run because it's too dangerous. This film was a showcase of bravery and truth. I wish they had gone a little further with some of the other issues at hand in Kajaki but this was the issue at hand and 10 stars for taking the leap. I don't see any mystery, however.. Not much mystery in this movie, straight up a war drama. A tragic, funny, and a display of brothers in arms.

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eryui
2015/11/19

Well, this is about a group of British soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and trapped in a mine field. It's just that, a true story, as simple as gripping and unexpected.People, as me, could think why don't just use a mine detector, a robot, but the answer it is simple, the group got trapped off guard and without the necessary tools nearby and in the encampment. Moreover, some mines are made with minimal metal content, hard to detect, they are indeed not much powerful but enough to injure or kill you. Sure, there could be other chances, but the war isn't always like a movie and this one show, with no caricatures, what really happen to these soldiers at that particular juncture.The only flaws in my opinion are that it does not enter much into the characters, which are not really explored in depth, and that the film does not show much more than this unique single event.Another gory aspect of the war.7+/10

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ChetXBuck
2015/11/20

I can highly recommend this film to anyone who can handle the intensity of a gruesome war film. The film starts slow and is filled with typical tough guy war banter and then the intensity jumps dramatically as the film re-creates a real story for Afganistan where soldiers are trapped in a minefield. Gripping, intense, sad, fierce and powerful. It is not a political film, but will get you to think deeply about the wars of the middle East and how we fight them. A very well made film that often feels like a documentary. Flawless filming and acting to make you feel there.This film is NOT for everyone. This film is quite gruesome and captures the reality of land mines. NOTE: The heavy British accents required us to turn on captions.I wanted to score the film an 8.5, but upgraded to a 9 based on powerful filming, intensity, real-ness and solid acting.

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