Six Days: new film about Iranian Embassy Siege

[WillBrink]

A critical review of the movie from a retired SAS trooper who was there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvqU1bUzyqI

My opinion of the movie was formed before I saw this review.

I saw the old Who Dares Win movie and thought it was entertaining. I didn't compare it to the written account of the raid for accuracy. I watched the movie and knew that it was based on an actual event.

For 6 Days, I was entertained but when the movie ended, I was like, "that's it? I paid $12 for that?". It was like paying a lot of money for an expensive meal but leaving the table not full or satisfied.

I don't watch such movies any more knowing they will be 98% fiction, 2% accurate. I;d rather see something like the BBC documentary, which he says was accurate. I'd rather see a movie that does not pretend to represent what actually happened with "based on true events" that's not trying to BS me. So, I have seen none of the recent movies of this genre (e.g. American Sniper, etc), and prefer good fictional stuff with a basis in truth such as Sicario.

[Dienekes]

“Yeah, the SAS have some amazing exploits that can be turned into film. So have the other services. I'd love to see a movie about the 22 RMs who tried to hold off the Argentine force.”

This might be of interest, then: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...entlemanly+act

[chuckman]

“Yeah, the SAS have some amazing exploits that can be turned into film. So have the other services. I'd love to see a movie about the 22 RMs who tried to hold off the Argentine force.”

This might be of interest, then: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...entlemanly+act

Thanks! It got excellent reviews so I will have to give it a go.

[Tuukka]

Just watched the movie last night. His MP5 went click.

That was then L/Cpl (Tpr) Thomas Palmer.

Sadly killed three years later in Northern Ireland.