A War (2015)

A War: Directed by Tobias Lindholm. With Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck. During contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan a Danish commander makes a decision which saves many of his men’s lives but inadvertently takes the lives of some Afghani civilians. Now he is facing criminal charges.

“Pilou Asbæk of u0026#39;A Hijackingu0026#39; fame plays Claus Michael Pedersen a Commander of the Danish forces in Afghanistan. The men have to do the usual patrols and face constant threats from Afghan rebels and IEDu0026#39;s. Then on another patrol he and his men come under heavy and sustained fire and in the fog of battle he makes a fateful decision that will have huge future ramifications.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWe also have the story of his wife back home and the daily trials of trying to bring up three kids and hold a normal life together with their father away for months overseas and only having a satellite phone to stay connected.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a very intense film that captures the utter fear of war and the awful situations that modern warfare can land people up in. It shows this from all sides. The acting is just superb and the direction from Tobias Lindholm (u0026#39;The Huntu0026#39;) is very accomplished. They do have wobbly cam a few time but not the full on shaky cam that so many people dislike, but I can live with that. The translation of the sub titles is wrong in a couple of places but generally quite good. This is a film that had me on the edge of my seat, the time flew by and as such I can agree with all the plaudits and easily recommend this as a great one to see.”