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  Review by Chris ★★★★½

  In a year that 'American Sniper' was released, it's a shame 'Kajaki' has been pretty much over looked and hardly heard of! Filmed with probably a fifth of the budget of 'American Sniper', it is without doubt far superior to Clint Eastwood's film.

  Based on a true story, a group of young British soldiers on tour at Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan become trapped in a dried out river bed. Trapped not by enemies but by explosive landmines left behind some 25 years ago by the Russians.

  'Kajaki' is not a fun watch at all but it's an extremely gripping, tense and very bleak ride. The chemistry between the soldiers and the banter they have with one another is very realistic…

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  Review by Filmbantha ★★★★

  100 Essential Films That Deserve More Attention #48

  Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk is a masterclass in how to create tension in a war film and is even more impressive when you consider the enemy is never shown on screen. Kajaki is a similarly intense war film based upon a true account that ratchets up the tension to unbearable levels with an unseen enemy causing havoc for a company of British soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. Whereas the fleeing English are pursued by Nazis in Dunkirk, the unseen danger in Kajaki is a cluster of unexploded anti-personnel mines in a scorching, dried out river-bed, where any movement could set off a barrage of explosions.

  It is here where a company of relatively inexperienced…

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  Review by Fips ★★★★ 1

  Fucking miserable. Real stomach turning stuff, a hard watch.

  I'm thinking damn, maybe this would work as an anti-recruitment video, show it to the meatheads wanting to go on adventures.

  But then it ends with beatiful music playing, with slides showing how the real life guys went on to become jolly amputees, how t'was nothing, cheerio mates, life is beautiful, long live Britannia.

  And I'm like... wait what?

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  Review by russman ★★★★

  Makes The Hurt Locker feel like a walk in the park

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  Review by Iqbal Rizkyansa ★★★★

  "We are 3 fucking Para.
  Utrinque Paratus.
  'Ready for fucking anything'."

  Bgst jantung berasa mau copot nontonin upaya penyelamatan tentara Inggris di tengah ladang ranjau.

  *Buat yg suka Land of Mine (2015) boleh dicoba nonton ini.

  Berdasarkan kisah nyata...

  Satu unit patroli pasukan Inggris yang berniat melakukan patroli darat untuk mengantisipasi pergerakan dari kelompok Taliban tanpa disangka-sangka malah terkena ledakan ranjau ketika menyusuri sebuah bendungan bernama Kajaki. Upaya evakuasi dari tim penyelamat pun malah berujung bencana ketika satu per satu dari mereka menginjak ranjau yang menghancurkan kaki mereka serta melukai bagian tubuh lainnya.

  Bagusnya film ini tuh kita gak pernah tau kapan dan di momen apa ranjau selanjutnya akan meledak. Bahkan ada satu adegan sepele yang gw gak sangka" bakal…

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  Review by Bryan Irvine ★★★★½

  Why had I never heard of this film before?

  This achieves levels of brilliance in practically every department. Crisply and beautifully shot, perfectly judged camera placement, extraordinary make up effects, sensational acting doing great justice to keenly observed characterisation and edited with a gift for pacing and tone which results in a harrowing, at times unbareably tense, grotesque and profoundly moving experience that I just never saw coming.

  Beyond highly recommended.

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  Review by Paul Lister

  'Kajaki' is a war film dedicated to the men fighting needless wars such as the men stationed at Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan who in 2006 find themselves stuck in a minefield. I general I am not too fond of the idea of a film 'paying tribute' to it's subjects, films like this can come across as promotional video's for the Armed Services like the ones played out over commercial breaks during The X-Factor or some such nonsense. Whilst 'Kajaki' in some way feels like this - it's tagline reads, "For Queen. For Country. For Your Mates", something that put me off a little - I feel that the film stays fairly true to the real life conditions of the situation,…

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  Review by Michal J. ★★★★½

  2014 Ranked.

  A level of realism in a war film that is almost unheard of nowadays.

  Kajaki, also known as Kilo Two Bravo, is a British war film directed by Paul Katis and stars an ensemble cast about a group of British Soldiers fighting in Afghanistan that are submerged into an unparalleled world of intensity and tension after a squadmate steps on a hidden landmine during a patrol.

  Have you ever seen a war film that is so balls-gripping intense and suspenseful all without firing even a single round? A war film where you are at the edge of your seat, wincing and flinching at virtually every second action that unfolds before you? Chances are you haven't, and chances are,…

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  Review by DarkSolaceX™ 🍿🎞 ★★★★½

  Intense! Could hardly bear what I was seeing. Fantastic film.

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  Review by Ciaran Parker ★★★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  It hurts more when you see yer own boys out there, own accents, own dialect, fuck man.

  A very much more real take on war. No cinematic bullshit, no ducking and dodging bullets, just a look into how people react to what's out there in war and how they help each other through out.

  Not a single musical piece was heard until the last scene, giving it a ton more impact and making it hit me twice as heard.

  The chat between the lot, even the poking fun at each other straight after losing a leg, or the laughing Smudge's 'inspirational speech' off made it seem a lot more real. While of course, I loved Hacksaw and it may not…

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  Review by Dave Lee ★★★★

  One of the most intense, harrowing, brutal war films I’ve ever seen and one of the hardest to watch. 
  Confined to one location this is a great character study and emotional exploration of true events.

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  Review by Ross T ★★★★

  Thanks to unknown faces but great natural performances, Kajaki feels real. This greatly enhances the tension and emotion as things start to go badly wrong for a small squad of British soldiers in Afghanistan.

  Well made war films can be more disturbing and involving than most horror movies, especially when based on true stories such as this.