The Assault (2010 film)

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The Assault
L'Assaut 2010.jpg
French theatrical release poster
French L'Assaut
Directed by Julien Leclercq
Screenplay by
  • Simon Moutaïrou
  • Julien Leclercq
Based on
L'Assaut: GIGN, Marignane, 26 décembre 1994, 17h 12
by
  • Roland Môntins
  • Gilles Cauture
Produced by
  • Julien Leclercq
  • Julien Madon
Starring
CinematographyThierry Pouget
Edited by
  • Mickael Dumontier
  • Christine Lucas Navarro
  • Frédéric Thoraval
Music by
  • Jean-Jacques Hertz
  • François Roy
Production
companies
  • Labyrinthe Films
  • Mars Films
Distributed byMars Distribution
Release dates
  • 12 November 2010 (2010-11-12)(Sarlat Film Festival)
  • 9 March 2011 (2011-03-09)(France)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.6 million [1]
Box office$4.3 million [2]

The Assault (French : L'Assaut) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie. [3]

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Cast

The cast at the premiere of the film in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France Assaut Avant Premiere 03.jpg
The cast at the premiere of the film in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Reception

As of June 2020, review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 53%, based on 145 reviews, with an average score of 5.86/10. [4] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 55, based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [5]

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  5. "The Assault". Metacritic.