Avengers director duo Joe and Anthony Russo have produced an action film which is quite an antithesis of the fantasy-loaded superhero razzmatazz that has come to be their calling card. Mosul is gritty war drama that remains tantalizingly close to the reality it is carved from. The film is deftly executed, and comes with an important socio-political message about war and its aftermath.
Debutante director Matthew Michael Carnahan, who has also penned the film, focuses on an aspect of war-torn Iraq that is normally not a point of interest for Hollywood. Inspired by a New Yorker article titled The Desperate Battle To Destroy Isis, the filmmaker trains his lens on an Iraqi Swat team's action against Isis, duly dramatized to capture some remarkable war violence in the film's 100-odd-minute runtime.
Around the mid to late 2010s, Mosul, one of Iraq's biggest cities, was overrun by Isis. The organisation, known as Daesh in Iraq,...
Debutante director Matthew Michael Carnahan, who has also penned the film, focuses on an aspect of war-torn Iraq that is normally not a point of interest for Hollywood. Inspired by a New Yorker article titled The Desperate Battle To Destroy Isis, the filmmaker trains his lens on an Iraqi Swat team's action against Isis, duly dramatized to capture some remarkable war violence in the film's 100-odd-minute runtime.
Around the mid to late 2010s, Mosul, one of Iraq's biggest cities, was overrun by Isis. The organisation, known as Daesh in Iraq,...
- 11/29/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
"Enter town, then get out of it." Netflix has launched the first official trailer for Mosul, an intense action-thriller directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan, an acclaimed screenwriter making his feature directorial debut. This film premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, and also stopped by TIFF, and is produced by the Russo Brothers - Joe & Anthony. One of their first big non-Marvel projects following all the Avengers movies. An extraordinary true story of heroism in the face of overwhelming odds, a police unit from Mosul fights to liberate the Iraqi city from thousands of Isis militants. Shot entirely in Arabic - the movie stars Suhail Dabbach (Major Jasem), Adam Bessa (Kawa), Is'haq Elias (Waleed), plus Hayat Kamille, Waleed Elgadi, Thaer Al-Shayei, Ben Affan, and Mohimen Mahbuba. This looks like one hell of a rough & tumble action movie, and I'm so glad they made it without ...
- 11/9/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
We’ve seen plenty of movies about American soldiers taking on terrorists overseas, but in “Mosul,” a run-and-gun, high-octane action film produced by “Avengers” directors the Russo Brothers, the Iraqi cops are the ones defending their homeland from Isis.
“Iraq without Saddam, without Westerners, without terrorists, we need every bullet,” lead actor Suhail Dabbach says in the “Mosul” trailer. “We are the good guys.”
“Mosul,” which is entirely in Arabic, is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo from director and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan, and the film will debut on Netflix on November 26.
It’s a story about an inexperienced Iraqi cop who is rescued by and joins up with the elite Nineveh Swat team after Isis takes his home in Mosul and murders his uncle. Together, he and a team of 10 brothers-in-arms embark on a dangerous guerrilla operation to wipe out an enemy base and restore order to the lawless territory,...
“Iraq without Saddam, without Westerners, without terrorists, we need every bullet,” lead actor Suhail Dabbach says in the “Mosul” trailer. “We are the good guys.”
“Mosul,” which is entirely in Arabic, is produced by Anthony and Joe Russo from director and writer Matthew Michael Carnahan, and the film will debut on Netflix on November 26.
It’s a story about an inexperienced Iraqi cop who is rescued by and joins up with the elite Nineveh Swat team after Isis takes his home in Mosul and murders his uncle. Together, he and a team of 10 brothers-in-arms embark on a dangerous guerrilla operation to wipe out an enemy base and restore order to the lawless territory,...
- 11/9/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
We present our interviews from the Tiff premiere of Iraq war drama Mosul, telling the harrowing story of the occupation of the city of Mosul from 2014 to 2017. The film was written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan., and produced by Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo. The film stars Waleed Elgadi, Hayat Kamille, Suhail Dabbach, Adam Bessa, Mohimen Mahbuba, Ben Affan and Isaac Elias.
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and these are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
Between 2014 and 2017, Isis occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul. During those years, the only group to fight the occupiers continuously was Nineveh province’s Swat unit, made up of local men who had either been injured or had a family member killed by Isis. Carnahan’s Mosul is a gripping tribute to these fighters for whom the incentives were intensely personal. Kawa (Adam Bessa), a 21-year-old police officer,...
The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto Film Festival, and these are the interviews from the red carpet.
Synopsis:
Between 2014 and 2017, Isis occupied the Iraqi city of Mosul. During those years, the only group to fight the occupiers continuously was Nineveh province’s Swat unit, made up of local men who had either been injured or had a family member killed by Isis. Carnahan’s Mosul is a gripping tribute to these fighters for whom the incentives were intensely personal. Kawa (Adam Bessa), a 21-year-old police officer,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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