The Assault (2010 film)

The Assault (French: L'Assaut) is a 2010 French action thriller film directed by Julien Leclercq, based on the 1994 hijacking of Air France Flight 8969 by Algerian Islamic fundamentalist terrorists and the raid to free the hostages by the GIGN, the elite counter-terrorism unit of the French National Gendarmerie.^[3]

The Assault
Theatrical release poster
French	L'Assaut
Directed by	Julien Leclercq
Screenplay by	Simon Moutaïrou Julien Leclercq
Based on	L'Assaut : GIGN, Marignane, 26 décembre 1994, 17 h 12 by Roland Môntins Gilles Cauture
Produced by	Julien Leclercq Julien Madon
Starring	Vincent Elbaz Grégori Derangère Mélanie Bernier Aymen Saïdi Marie Guillard Chems Dahmani Djanis Bouzyani Mohid Abid Antoine Basler
Cinematography	Thierry Pouget
Edited by	Mickael Dumontier Christine Lucas Navarro Frédéric Thoraval
Music by	Jean-Jacques Hertz François Roy
Production companies	Labyrinthe Films Mars Films
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release dates	12 November 2010 (2010-11-12) (Sarlat Film Festival) 9 March 2011 (2011-03-09) (France)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	€4 million[1]
Box office	$4.3 million[2]

Cast

The cast at the premiere of the film in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

• Vincent Elbaz as Thierry Prungnaud
• Grégori Derangère as Commander Denis Favier
• Mélanie Bernier as Carole Jeanton
• Aymen Saïdi [fr] as Yahia
• Chems Dahmani as Mustapha
• Djanis Bouzyani as Salim
• Marie Guillard as Claire Prungnaud
• Naturel Le Ruyet as Emma
• Philippe Bas as Didier
• Antoine Basler as Solignac
• Philippe Cura [fr] as Roland Môntins
• Mohid Abid as Makhlouf
• Fatima Adoum as Djida
• Hugo Becker as Vincent Leroy
• Abdelhafid Metalsi as Ali Touchent
• Claire Chazal as News presenter

Reception

As of June 2020^[update], review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 53%, based on 145 reviews, with an average score of 5.86/10.^[4] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 55, based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[5]