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Hyena Road
The movie follows three different men: a sniper becoming implicated in the life of one of his targets; an intelligence officer becoming the engine of a plot to kill; a legendary Mujahideen warrior who forsook war finding himself in the center of one.
7 November 1972, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
10 September 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
30 April 1959, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
25 September 1978, Vancouver, Canada
20 August 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
14 December 1981, Aurora, Ontario, Canada
March 11, 2016
Hyena Road runs two hours long, but its entire narrative could be wedged into a half-hour documentary.
February 18, 2016
While it's not American Sniper, it still seems like a missed opportunity.
March 07, 2016
Paul Gross situates the film's events somewhere between violent, militaristic fantasy and gentler, anti-war lament.
March 31, 2016
It's enjoyable enough on first watch, but it's unlikely you'll want to see it again.
March 09, 2016
The explosions are so wonderfully photographed; if only we actually cared about the characters exploding.
October 09, 2015
The war story featuring good people making the best of a bad situation may feel very familiar, but it is a better kind of familiarity that also characterizes Hyena Road.
March 11, 2016
Gross manages to craft a feature that's horrifying and strangely inviting at the same time, delivering solid characterization to go with all the chaos.
March 11, 2016
"Hyena Road" is a skillfully filmed reminder, if one is needed, about why Afghanistan earned its status as the "graveyard of empires."
October 08, 2015
The goal of the movie is truth-telling rather than flag-waving, but it also succeeds as impactful storytelling.
October 07, 2015
Gross' script realistically depicts the uncertain and frequently shifting alliances that characterized the Afghan conflict's security situation.
March 08, 2016
Viewers are graced with a few disappointingly subdued action scenes, two humdrum romantic subplots, and a virtual museum of bad acting.
March 10, 2016
Gross ... is ultimately unable to satisfy the rules of dramatic engagement.
