Sand Castle (film)
2017
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An Irish commander and his battalion of 150 men withstand a siege by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries working for mining corporations.
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- Drama, Mystery & Thriller
The Siege of Jadotville Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens. A story buried for far too long, The Siege of Jadotville...
A poignant story about courage, desperation and combat tactics. The cast was very good, with an excellent Jamie Dornan playing the main character Patrick Quinlan.
Oct 6, 2016 · ‘The Siege of Jadotville’: TV Review. A military unit led by 'Fifty Shades of Grey' star Jamie Dornan goes to battle in Netflix's retelling of a little-known Cold War siege.
Oct 7, 2016 · Featured review. 7/10. Based on a True Unknown Story of Courage. In 1961, the UN sends an Irish peacekeeper troop commanded by Commandant Pat Quilan (Jamie Dornan) to Katanga, in Congo, to protect the inhabitants of the mining town of Jadotville in the beginning of a civil war.
Oct 7, 2016 · The Siege of Jadotville boils down the gnarled and nascent Congolese war conflict into a series of dry exposition dumps that make Downton Abbey look like Glengarry Glen Ross.
Oct 7, 2016 · Overall, The Siege of Jadotville is a solid thriller that tells a riveting real life story, but feels consumed by it and fails to develop any of its characters to a satisfactory level. That said, it is well shot and thoroughly entertaining, thus it is most certainly worth a watch.
Jul 27, 2016 · The Siege of Jadotville, with Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan in the lead role, tells the true story of how these 157 Irishmen, led by a tactically astute commander, routed a force of...
The film is based on Declan Power's non-fiction book, The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (2005). It covers the Siege of Jadotville, a conflict involving Irish Army UN Peacekeepers and Katangese forces during the Congo Crisis in September 1961.
Sep 19, 2016 · The 1961 siege at Jadotville in The Congo, during which an Irish battalion resisted repeated attacks from Katangese secessionists, bears comparison with that heroic defence of Rorke’s Drift.
