a5c7b9f00b Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is notit seems. I figured going into the movie, once I saw that it was a Canadian flick, that the typical cynical movie expectation would be the outcome. I figured I would end up turning it off once I saw the typical low budget, bad acting, political correctness that seems to be Canadian cinema. NOT A CHANCE! This movie was fantastic! The actors did a terrific job. The whole Hyena Road deal was a little thin but it made it up in other areas like the complexities of middle eastern culture, history and honour. It showed the Canadian forcestrue professionals that they are. The narrators voice seemed a bit out of place but most of the information provided gave perspective and background and the narrations were infrequent. Afghanistan is certainly not a place for the faint of heart and this movie showed why. This showeda big budget movie. I have already recommended this movie to several colleagues and friends.WELL DONE Mr. Gross! &quot;Passchendaele&quot; actor &amp; director Paul Gross&#39; Canuck military actioneer set in Afghanistan &quot;Hyena Road&quot; is an above-average combat movie with sturdy performances, solid production values, but its standard-issue message that &#39;war is hell&#39; is its only drawback. Donald Sutherland&#39;s son Rossif Sutherland plays Ryan Sanders, an officer in charge of a team of snipers while Paul Gross casts himself intelligence officer Pete Mitchell. Sanders believes that one shot can make the difference, but Mitchell has a more cynical attitude to warfare. Everything revolves around a high ranking officer&#39;s decision to build a road through the Kandahar Province. The first scene, where Sanders and his team drill a Taliban fighter who is trying to booby-trap a road, is riveting stuff. After they perforate the Taliban fighter, the poor slobs slumps down into a kneeling, prayer-like position. As our guys withdraw, they notice some curious looking spots on part of the paved highway running through the barren desert setting. Sanders orders a sniper to shoot at the spots, but nothing happens. When the sniper fires an incendiary round, the entire terrain vanishes in a huge explosion. Sanders and his team scramble out of the area and soon find themselves pursued hotly by several Taliban fighters wielding AK-47 assault rifles. Our heroes make it to the refuge of a house after a Taliban with an RPG accidentally blasts a hole into a doorway in the wall surrounding the house. According to Sanders&#39; description of the man in the room with them where they hole up, the individual sounds like a legendary freedom fighter known&#39;the Ghost.&#39; Meanwhile, back at headquarters, Mitchell listens intently to Sandershe describes their benefactor, and Mitchell is convinced that this is the same native who help oust the Soviets from Afghanistan. Mitchell wants to recruit the Afghanistan man to the cause. At the same time, few know Sanders has been having a secret romance with a headquarters communications officer Jennifer (Christine Horne of &quot;Survival Code&quot;) who fears that the brass will learn about their romance and cashier her. Jennifer and Ryan agree to keep their affair off the grid. The conflict intensifies not only when Jennifer discovers that she is pregnant with Sanders&#39; child, but also when Sanders plunges back into the desert to kill more enemy. <br/><br/>The violence is sporadic, but graphic. Heads are shot off and drenched with gore. Comparisons between &quot;Hyena Road&quot; and Clint Eastwood&#39;s &quot;American Sniper&quot; are inevitable. Nevertheless, despite its romantic subplot, this is a movie worth watching with a downbeat finale. Lovers of war cinema might forgive the film’s flaws and be thrilled by Hussian’s visuals, but its characters are too paper-thin to compel our emotional engagement beyond casual interest.
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