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Film Review - 6 Days
6 years ago
A little while ago, I watched Mask of Zorro. A good film that I didn't review because I don't have much to say about it other than it's good and you should watch it if you like revenge films or adventure films.
In contrast, 6 Days is a mediocre film I have opinions on, even though it kind of doesn't deserve a review.
Long story short, it's a dramatisation of the Iranian embassy siege. Some terrorists took hostages in the Iranian embassy in London, and it ended when the SAS stormed the building. If you ever wondered why the SAS are so famous, and why in games are usually portrayed wearing gas masks and hoods, the Iranian embassy siege is the reason.
It's a great story that makes for great documentaries. While it sounds like a great premise for an action movie, a drama film, or even a game, in practice it doesn't. Likely because there are so many players involved, and none of them have a story arc that would make for good drama, and the raid on the embassy itself was over in minutes, and there were only 6 terrorists, so there's really not much to work with action wise either.
I'm no scholar on the siege, but the film seems accurate enough to the events as I understand them. The film mostly focuses on the negotiator, the SAS, and strangely, a news anchor standing outside. I would've thought the hostages would have got more screen time instead, but it is what it is.
While there are some good performances, especially the police negotiotator guy, there just isn't enough meat on the bones here due to the nature of events. To give an example. They try to hype one of the gunmen as a big threat, a trained soldier who will attack when cornered, but he's just gunned down like the rest. There's a story arc where one of the SAS guys is reckless and keeps missing guys hiding during training, but it never amounts to anything. Again, this is understandable because of how events played out in real life, but why bother adding that stuff at all?
6 Days is not a bad film. It's just nothing particularly special. And yet, it's also arguably the best you could do with the material. Maybe a fictional film inspired by the events of the siege would work better, or an in depth documentary with dramatic re-enactments. As it is, it's an average film for people who want to see what the Iranian embassy siege would be like as a film.
In contrast, 6 Days is a mediocre film I have opinions on, even though it kind of doesn't deserve a review.
Long story short, it's a dramatisation of the Iranian embassy siege. Some terrorists took hostages in the Iranian embassy in London, and it ended when the SAS stormed the building. If you ever wondered why the SAS are so famous, and why in games are usually portrayed wearing gas masks and hoods, the Iranian embassy siege is the reason.
It's a great story that makes for great documentaries. While it sounds like a great premise for an action movie, a drama film, or even a game, in practice it doesn't. Likely because there are so many players involved, and none of them have a story arc that would make for good drama, and the raid on the embassy itself was over in minutes, and there were only 6 terrorists, so there's really not much to work with action wise either.
I'm no scholar on the siege, but the film seems accurate enough to the events as I understand them. The film mostly focuses on the negotiator, the SAS, and strangely, a news anchor standing outside. I would've thought the hostages would have got more screen time instead, but it is what it is.
While there are some good performances, especially the police negotiotator guy, there just isn't enough meat on the bones here due to the nature of events. To give an example. They try to hype one of the gunmen as a big threat, a trained soldier who will attack when cornered, but he's just gunned down like the rest. There's a story arc where one of the SAS guys is reckless and keeps missing guys hiding during training, but it never amounts to anything. Again, this is understandable because of how events played out in real life, but why bother adding that stuff at all?
6 Days is not a bad film. It's just nothing particularly special. And yet, it's also arguably the best you could do with the material. Maybe a fictional film inspired by the events of the siege would work better, or an in depth documentary with dramatic re-enactments. As it is, it's an average film for people who want to see what the Iranian embassy siege would be like as a film.
