Kajaki Dam 2006. A company of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. A dried-out river bed, and under every step the possibility of an anti-personnel mine. A mine that could cost you your leg - or your life.
Tense, blackly comic and troubling because it’s so recent and so real.
This is a suspenseful and deeply moving modern day war movie that marks Katis out as a talent to watch.
This film possesses a lacerating power that reinforces its self-contained claustrophobia.
Gut-wrenchlingly realistic and refreshingly nonpartisan.
The acting is uneven but the film possesses authenticity and intensity – and an obvious significance, as one of the first war movies to look at the war in Afghanistan from a British perspective.
After a slowish start it grips throughout. A fine achievement.
While the film-makers are clearly keen to pay tribute to the heroism of those involved, the film itself wisely avoids glib romanticism, opting instead for gruelling realism.
Authentically harrowing.
General release. Check local listings for show times.