I liked this movie a lot. Not only for the fantastic mountain sceneries shot in Tajikistan, but for the action as well.
The story is a bit like like Navy Seals a la French. First a mission from the past where the unit performs flawlessly. Then comes the main mission, which starts well, but after the release of the hostages, what can go wrong will go wrong. Like in Navy Seals, the unit has to improvize, adapt and overcome to make it to Afghanistan - on foot over a mountain pass that is 5000 m high (~15,000 ft). What remains of the unit in the end gets rescued and the main bad guy gets dead. Just like in the Navy Seals.
The movie has its humor as well. For example, an "God-I-love-my-job" expression on one of the commando's face, when a group of Taliban fighters chases him, comes close to a booby-trap he set up, and gets blown up.
The story is a bit like like Navy Seals a la French. First a mission from the past where the unit performs flawlessly. Then comes the main mission, which starts well, but after the release of the hostages, what can go wrong will go wrong. Like in Navy Seals, the unit has to improvize, adapt and overcome to make it to Afghanistan - on foot over a mountain pass that is 5000 m high (~15,000 ft). What remains of the unit in the end gets rescued and the main bad guy gets dead. Just like in the Navy Seals.
The movie has its humor as well. For example, an "God-I-love-my-job" expression on one of the commando's face, when a group of Taliban fighters chases him, comes close to a booby-trap he set up, and gets blown up.