Shot in black and white, it is well made and helped by copious research.

The kind of serious, adult action movie that the US and UK struggle to make.

A very robust piece of filmmaking with subtle shades of moral complexity to boot.

Based on the real life airliner hijacking that took place on December 24, 1994 in Algiers, director Julien Leclercq's sophomore effort does little more than make you wish you were watching any number of better hostage/terrorist films.