The Assault

The Assault (2024)

2024

Action / Thriller

6.3 from 10 with total 134 votes

2011-03-09

90 minutes

Saturday 24th December 1994. Four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus at the Algiers airport. The Airbus, bound for Paris, has 227 passengers on board. No one knows exactly what the terrorists’ intentions are, just that they are armed and extremely determined. They demand the liberation of their “brothers in arms” and want the aircraft to take off at once. After very lengthy and intense negotiations between the French and Algerian governments, the plane is finally allowed to leave. There are three main characters at the heart of the action: a member of the GIGN, Carole Jeanton, an ambitious technocrat willing to do anything it takes to achieve personal gain from the events, and Yahia Abdallah, a determined jihadist who grew up in the slums of Algiers and was being manipulated by an obscure GIA envoy, Ali Touchent.

Vincent Elbaz character Thierry Prungnaud

Grégori Derangère character Commander Denis Favier

Mélanie Bernier character Carole Jeanton

Aymen Saïdi character Yahia

Chems Dahmani character Mustapha

Mohid Abid character Makhlouf

Djanis Bouzyani character Salim

Marie Guillard character Claire

Philippe Bas character Didier, member of GIGN

Philippe Cura character Roland Môntins

Grégoire Taulère character Member of GIGN

Charlie Costillas character Young GIGN recruit

Laurent Paillot character GIGN administrative

Antoine Basler character Solignac

Louis Arène character Solignac's assistant

Hugo Becker character Vincent Leroy

Hugues Martel character Director of the cabinet of Orsay

Hervé Dubourjal character Director of the Beauvau cabinet

François Lescurat character Aeronautical expert

Thierry Piétra character DST agent

Abdelhafid Metalsi character Ali Touchent

Jean-Philippe Puymartin character Bernard Delhemme, captain

David Sevier character Jean-Paul Borderie, co-pilot

Marc Robert character Mechanic

Samira Lachhab character Leila

Samira Sedira character Leila's mother

Lounès Tazairt character Leila's father

Nicolas Melocco character Yannick Beunier

Abdelkrim Bahloul character Melki

Bing Yin character Vietnamese hostage

Zorah Benali character Yahia's mother

Kader Kada character Ninja negotiator

Fatima Adoum character 1st class passenger

Jane Resmond character Stewardess

Thierry Jennaud character Stewart

Lassâad Salaani character Maintenance man in Alger

Bruno Seznec character Director of Marignane airport

Jade Chkif character GIA member, terrorist (uncredited)

Vincent Heneine character Bull (uncredited)

Marcus Shultz character Passenger (uncredited)