6 Days (2017)

Hollywood has got us used to huge, sky-high budget blockbusters with awesome stars, explosions, stunning stunts (pun intended), fine CGI, gruesome villains and ultimate triumph of the Good over any foreseeable Evil. Meh, but ain't we a bit too tired and fed up with those? British and New Zealand team made something much, much deeper, much better and captivating - 6 Days, a 1980 Iranian Embassy hostage crisis-based movie with not-so-seemingly-stellar cast, but still, with such awesome actors as Jamie Bell as Rusty Firmin, Abbie Cornish as Kate Adie, Mark Strong as Max Vernon, Martin Shaw as Dellow, as well as some others. THey managed to deliver a much quieter, deeper psychological thriller shot as a real docudrama, excellent and impeccable in its precise execution. I do recommend this strong film and say - don't buy some hateful reviews, 6 Days made a very good job.

3/19/18. A docudrama of the 1980 Siege of London's Iranian Embassy by terrorists, taking everyone inside as hostages. When the frustrated terrorists felt like they weren't getting the response they wanted from the British government, they made the mistake of killing a hostage and tossing the body out of the embassy. The British government brought in the SAS (Special Air Service) to extract the rest of the hostages. And, SAS did just that will minimal collateral damage. This set the tone for Britain's response to any terrorist attack since then. A suspenseful movie worth watching and cathartic for anyone who has ever felt terrorists have taken away the peace of mind we expect in a civilized world.

Shitty movie, shitty end. fuck this movie. I recommend not watching this movie cause it ruined 2 hours of my life. tips for good movies :vaiana, why him, godfatherbut not this piece of shit movie.

Not a bad movie. Not a strong story that keeps you hanging on but that isn't the films fault since it is telling a story so many of us in the UK will already know relatively well. What it does highlight is how poorly thought out our idea of responding to terrorism was back then, and also how much pure luck the SAS had since the operation to assault the embassy is a complete shambles in this movie - i mean seriously (spoilers) once you've detonated the roof explosive, if the terrorists were even half ready the hostages would already be dead by the time the SAS had gotten in to the building. I just hope they improved a heck of a lot since this event as all this did was make me lose all confidence they could rescue anyone with todays terrorists around. Mark Strong, he's always good. He's the kind of reliable actor that might not own the show but gives a performance every time that helps bring stability. Jamie is good too. I'm not persuaded he looks the part at all in this, but he does the job even if he's not quite right in terms of casting. The actress playing Kate Aide was a casting disaster though. So, overall a story most of us know, the SAS mystique debunked (they were bloody lucky) no cliff hangers, it carries you through, reasonable bit of theatre. 5 is a fair score imo.