Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Bereamic Awesome Movie

metalgear-25259 This film tries to build tension but fails. The hostage that gets killed half way is seen to be dragged onto a stretcher and blanketed but can be seen as a legless prop!? The jokey banter with the reporters almost makes the film tilt into some light hearted comedy. This really is a serious situation that didn't need this kind of humour if you wanted to maintain a tense atmosphere. The biggest disappointment is the siege itself. One SAS soldier dangles and fumbles as he's stuck on his zip rope. After what feels like a good 5mins of the film cutting back and forth to other events, a soldier on the roof eventually cuts him loose!? Surely he could have cut himself free in a matter of seconds as part of his elite training? But no we are served this fumbling mess which really drags the pace of the siege into an amateurish halt. This isn't really a thing when you see the real footage. A poor attempt at tension building which really didn't work and made the long build up even more pointless. The moment a terrorist is identified trying to escape with civilians on the stairs was resolved with an arrest and not a point blank shooting with an mp5. It's a watchable film and sets up 1980 believably enough. But what this film should have had is sadly lacking due to shoddy directing. It prefers to take you on a fumbling trip of nostalgia and sentimental after thoughts rather than elevating pace, tension and fluid action it was so gasping for.

tgioinm Movie is done badly. Movie suffers from serious lack of personal experience, you can't see agony of the hostages and this situation was for sure very stressful. For me this movie is tribute to that reporter, negotiator and M Tacher. Movie failed in transferring some kind of emotion to me, I almost forgot the kidnappers were holding hostages. It would be better they made a documentary with all those facts and thats it. This was very basic and dry view of what was going in the ambassy during 6 days. It was 6 days drama, they could use that better when they already decided to film this movie. Still watchable, if you decide to watch it you wan't make a big mistake.

ozgur-altan Apart from the realistic take on the military operation itself, especially liked the Cobra meeting room dialogues and Mark Strong's presence and dialogue's (add real color). The humble take with all the mistakes before, during and after the operation shows how hard it is to really perfectly apply what you practice and especially how lucky you should be to have this successful and ending.The steady stand about how to deal with terrorists originating from Iron Lady herself is quite a bit emphasized, of course it is applauded but the factor of luck mentioned above should have been included somewhere in at least one post operational dialogue. After all 17 minutes is quite a long time and it was hectic enough for the terrorists to kill most if not all of the hostages. 6 days gained by the negotiators probably tested their resolve.However, the positive impact on Margaret Thatcher's political career and also probably giving her the leverage to act as she did in the Falkland's conflict short while later (if this was an operation with 21 dead hostages she might have acted differently later on) and making her last long as she did as a political outsider trying really hard to be the 'iron lady' is something the film makes you think of. Also reading about the impact of this operation in launching SAS as a viable alternative and as a world famous regiment that can be relied on is another point the film makes you think of. Especially considering this operation came only a few days after the colossal failure of American Army, Navy and Air Force (particularly the Delta Force) in Iran.

Leofwine_draca 6 DAYS is a taut and realistic thriller depicting the Iranian Embassy siege which took place in London in 1980. A lot of the action is told in real time, with the recreation of news crews on the street outside contrasted with the tense hostage drama inside to build tension and realism. Jamie Bell is he unlikely SAS hero tasked with taking down the bad guys and does pretty well, although Mark Strong gives the best turn as the mild-mannered hostage negotiator. The one wrong step is Abbie Cornish, absolutely dreadful in her attempt to be Kate Adie. The film is relatively low key and not all-out exciting, but the final scenes are as suspenseful as they come and it keeps you watching overall.