The Ambush (2021)

60% User Rating

1h 50min

"They will bring their brothers home by any means necessary."

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?

Pierre MorelDirector

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Marwan Abdullah

Sergeant Ali Al-mismari

Khalifa Al Jassem

Warrant Officer Bilal Al Saadi

Mohammed Ahmed

Sergeant Al Hindasi

Abdulla Saeed Bin Haider

Colonel Almazroui

Saeed Alharsh

Captain Saeed Al Shehhi

Hassan Yousuf Alblooshi

Abdulla Alblooshi

Khalifa Albahri

Al Sayari

Ghanim Nasser

Opposition Leader

Mansoor Alfeeli

Colonel Jamal Al Khatri

Ibrahim Almusharaakh

Mansoor

Salem Altamimi

Sergeant Salem

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Rating 70%

December 31, 2022

The Ambush follows the standard "patriotic" war flick format. Simply insert the country of choice, in this case the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and away you go. In terms of its combat scenes and visuals this film is well paced, reasonably convincing and will resonate with war film enthusiasts. Its patriotic leanings will, of course, potentially appeal to UAE audiences, no doubt its intended demographic. I will add and this needs be said, the tragic situation that developed in Yemen, was provoked and furthered, by the West, who profited greatly from the war that developed in that nation. This contextual reality, needs to be understood. Those Yemenis fighting on the ground, might also be considered patriots for their own nations cause. In summary, well made but predictable patriotic fare, that's watchable but its clear bias, needs to be kept in mind. There's far more to the conflict in Yemen, than this simplistic interpretation, would suggest.