The Siege of Jadotville
According to the tension and instability that follow the civil war in Kantaga, Congo, the United Nations send a group of courageous peacekeeper there, in order to keep security and stability under the leadership of the Commandant Pat Quillan, who lead the troop and struggles against facing the French and Belgians forces.
10 April 1973, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
15 November 1970, London, England, UK
6 August 1972, Dublin, Ireland
1963, Terenure, Dublin, Ireland
20 April 1966, Pretoria, South Africa
March1948, Kampala, Uganda
October 06, 2016
You can't really fault a film for a lack of ambition if it doesn't pretend to have any in the first place, can you?
September 21, 2016
The Siege of Jadotville is a fitting tribute to the extraordinary courage and heroism shown by the 35th Battalion 'A' Company, and for that and many reasons beside, the movie deserves a salute.
October 19, 2016
If only a little more attention had been paid to something beyond the whiff of gunpowder. Shorn of context, it's like playing a first person shooter in endless survival mode.
October 07, 2016
The Siege of Jadotville is dramatically inept and viscerally shocking. Thankfully, we still have history books.
October 06, 2016
"The Siege of Jadotville" valiantly fights to reclaim pride in a slice of Irish military history, but it seems to have ignored who those Irish were fighting for.
October 06, 2016
By highlighting the bravery of young soldiers at the mercy of external forces, The Siege of Jadotville acts as a powerful tribute.
October 08, 2016
Though it doesn't break any new ground, The Siege of Jadotville is a well-crafted piece of filmmaking that investigates the often-contentious relationship between politics and war.
September 27, 2016
The battle scenes alone make this solid and well-paced film worth watching.
October 07, 2016
Good intentions only take us so far, of course. Whenever Smyth moves away from the battlefield, the film is on shaky ground, with the near-comical scenes involving Strong's cowardly subordinate a real low point.
September 19, 2016
A highly diverting film that rightly honours forgotten - and subsequently mistreated - heroes from Irish history.
