{"id":1091,"date":"2022-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"

MOVIE REVIEW
\r\nThe Ambush (Al Kameen)<\/strong>
\r\n - \n

\n \t<\/i> Read Time:<\/span>2 Minute, 21 Second <\/div>\n\n <\/div>

MOVIE REVIEW
\nThe Ambush (Al Kameen)<\/strong>
\n –     <\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Action, Drama, War
\nYear Released:<\/strong> 2022
\nRuntime:<\/strong> 1h 42m
\nDirector(s):<\/strong> Pierre Morel
\nWriter(s):<\/strong> Brandon Birtell, Kurtis Birtell
\nCast:<\/strong> Omar Bin Haider, Marwan Abdullah, Mohammed Ahmed, Mansoor Al-Fili, Khalifa Albahri
\nWhere To Watch:<\/strong> available in select theaters October 28, 2022, and on-demand and digital November 1 from Saban Films<\/p>\n

\n

RAVING REVIEW: <\/strong>A powerful film that was a bit all over the place at times. It was saved by the visuals throughout.<\/p>\n

\n

The reviews of this film have a lot more than the film itself behind them. I don’t know the story's entirety, so I won’t be commenting on the real-life inspiration for the film and only about my impressions of the film-watching experience.<\/p>\n

This feels like what you’d get if Michael Bay teamed up with Stephen Spielberg to direct a war film (I still don’t know if that’s negative or a positive.) I am sure the film plays heavily on your emotions throughout with a powerful but predictable script.<\/p>\n

At times the character's evolution throughout the film seemed stunted, almost as though each of the two writers took turns with the script and didn’t connect on development. The on-screen action and pyro were entertaining to watch (if you can separate the deeper aspect of war.)<\/p>\n

I would’ve liked to see the film edited down a bit, closer to the one-and-a-half-hour mark, as I found pacing to be a bit of an issue, especially in some more dialogue-heavy instances. That isn’t to say there wasn’t meaningful dialogue, but it seemed to be at odds with the action aspect of the film as the two played ping pong.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned previously, the film is very divisive, not because of the filmmaking itself but because of the depiction of the two forces seen. You generally see 1\/10 or 10\/10 ratings, which tends to be a red flag for me as very few films fit into either of these categories. As always, I suggest you watch the movie yourself if you’re interested in it. Don’t let others (especially for varying reasons) dictate what you will or won’t like. I don’t know how genuine the film is, so I remain unbiased.<\/p>\n

For more reviews and my YouTube channel, please visit linktr.ee\/Overlyhonestmoviereviews<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow me on Instagram, Letterboxd, Twitter, and YouTube. Find my social media accounts on most platforms simply by searching Overly Honest Movie Reviews.<\/p>\n

I’m always happy to hear from my readers; please say hi or send me any questions about all things movies.<\/p>\n

\n
\n \n
\n \n \"Happy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Happy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sad\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sad <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Excited\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Excited <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Sleepy\"\n <\/a>\n
\n Sleepy <\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n \n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Angry\"\n <\/a>\n
Angry<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n \n \"Surprise\"\n <\/a>\n
Surprise<\/div>\n
\n 0<\/span>\n 0<\/span> %<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOVIE REVIEW The Ambush (Al Kameen)  –      Genre: Action, Drama, War Year Released: 2022 Runtime: 1h 42m Director(s): Pierre Morel Writer(s): Brandon Birtell, Kurtis Birtell Cast: Omar Bin Haider, Marwan Abdullah, Mohammed Ahmed, Mansoor Al-Fili, Khalifa Albahri Where To Watch: available in select theaters October 28, 2022, and on-demand and digital November 1 from Saban […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mailnewsgroup.com\/ohmr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}