The Siege of Jadotville

2016 "The Irish army's forgotten battle"
7.2| 1h48m| en
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Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

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Nonureva Really Surprised!
Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.
Borgarkeri A bit overrated, but still an amazing film
delriopouso Poor script, poor acting. Jamie Dornans acting is laughable. Don't know what people see in him. Only good acting is done by Jason o'mara as far as I'm concerned.
kevjoemartin-29168 This was an unexpected thrilling movie absolutely terrific true story well acted scripted directed. 10 out of 10 well done Ireland.
mikiarata Many do not know that Ireland, like Switzerland, was neutral in WWII. Because of its previous neutrality, it was chosen by the nascent United Nations to try to hold peace in a southern province of the Republic of Congo in the early 1950s.The movie follows the deployment and action of "A" Company as they try to defend an outpost.The action is quite realistic and does not appear staged and while the outcome of the siege becomes clear, it is not overplayed.A small piece of history hidden from the view of the Irish people for way too long and brought to the screen with skill.
Robert Vigil Movie was okay but I can't help but think the action was largely over dramatized considering not a single man was lost. However that is not the reason I am rating it so low. Call me a stick up the ass but I like attention to detail and realism and honestly this siege made me cringe over and over again. Tactics on the part of the Frenchman were horrendous. There was a nearby hill that was never tactically used and meanwhile they just kept running in with numbers from the same side every time. (and I thought he was supposed to be a brilliant contractor or something) They also never used their artillery, easily could have spent the whole time just landing bombs on them until they surrender which is probably what really happened. Also, every time I had to watch the sniper reload a bullet in the chamber he made me cringe. (if you don't know why then don't worry about it.)Lastly there were a few other funky scenes like that that stood out to me but one I remember in particular is when the enemy forces came with a mounted heavy machine gun at one point there was a guy holding it by its barrel as they were shooting. I still have scars from when I grabbed a hot barrel as a child.