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Release year: 2014

Storyline

Kajaki Dam 2006. A company of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. A dried-out river bed, and under every step the possibility of an anti-personnel mine. A mine that could cost you your leg - or your life.

Top credits

Directors

Paul Katis

Writers

Tom Williams

Cast

David Elliot — Mark Wright
Mark Stanley — Tug Hartley
Scott Kyle — Stu Pearson
Benjamin O'Mahony — Stu Hale

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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• At the film's first test screening, director Paul Katis was initially depressed as the audience traipsed out without saying a word. He thought that they didn't like the film, when in fact they were traumatized by what they had just seen.

• An inquiry praised the soldiers but blamed faulty equipment and incompetence in support operations. The Guardian wrote on 14 January 2008: "British soldiers did not have a map of the mined area even though one was available" and "Soldier's death in Afghanistan blamed on helicopter fault."

• Fusilier Barlow's nickname is Ken despite his name being Andy. His nickname comes from the television soap opera, Coronation Street (1960), where there is a long-standing character called "Ken Barlow."