Based on the famous "Hijacking of Air France Flight 8969". On the morning of December 24, 1994, an Air France Airbus plane was hijacked by four Islamic militants at the Algerian capital Algiers airport, and 265 passengers and 12 crew members were taken hostage. And killed two hostages that night. The passengers on the plane included Algerians, Algerian dual nationals and diplomats from the French embassy in Algeria. Most of them went back to France for Christmas. The plane was hijacked just before takeoff. The militants belong to a branch of the Islamic Salvation Front. What they wanted was not money or the release of their comrades in prison, but to fly over Paris, detonate the plane, and burn the whole of Paris. While the plane was parked at Marseille airport, French gendarmerie commandos rushed into the plane, killed the hijackers and rescued the hostages.
What the film showed me was a non-Hollywood-style, intense fight scene, and of course it was closer to reality. In fact, there is no methodical preparation and aggressive negotiation at all. What we're seeing is the panic, bewilderment, face-to-face, and shirk of responsibility of politicians at the end of the day. The commandos rushed into the cabin and engaged in a tragic gun battle with the hijackers. There was no dynamic music to assist, only the continuous gunfire and the panicked shouts of the hostages. The film restores real events, allowing ordinary people to see the real situation of a series of actions such as hijacking and rescue. It is a very meaningful movie to learn, and it also allows ordinary people to get to know the real world in the hustle and bustle of Hollywood action movies.
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