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Money transport ambushed5/20/2023 ![]() Transportation officials thought fortunes were turning when voters in November approved infrastructure bonds totaling nearly $20 billion over the next 30 years, which was touted as a way to ease the state’s traffic woes. For many years, congestion has been growing much faster than road construction. ![]() These cuts are obvious to anyone who drives or takes mass transit. In the last six years, the governor and state lawmakers have tapped the per-gallon gas tax and the separate sales tax on gasoline to balance the budget. I am going with 2.5 stars.This is not the first time transportation has lost out in Sacramento. Despite its shortcomings, it is indeed a good One-Time Watch. However, if you’re hoping for too much of a storyline, you’re going to be disappointed. ‘The Ambush’ needs to be praised for its technical brilliance. Hardly there is a sense of pathos among the characters, which should be a good thing for a soldier, but when you showcase it on film, usually the actors display a lot more emotional sentiments and showcase a lot more adrenaline rush during the war sequences – which sadly was missing in almost all the actors. The back stories of the characters are way too minimal to say that this actor or that actor gave a stand-out performance. There is no stand-out performer in ‘The Ambush’. It’s all happening with sheer brute force, and with heavy artillery. There are no mind games or intricate plannings going into the rescue operation, which you’re going to see and get wowed by. ‘Black Hawk Down’, ‘Zero Dark Thirty') then you will be in for a disappointment. It’s just action from the word go, and if you’re looking for some story amidst a war film (e.g. What’s Badīrandon Birtell and Kurtis Birtell’s writing has described the intricacies of a real-life rescue operation very well, but that’s about it. It’s crisp and to the point without beating around the bush too much. Not only are the transitions swift and high-paced, but it also manages to keep you hooked on to the edge of your seats to know as to what is going to happen in the very next instant. The editing of ‘The Ambush’ is another key highlight. ![]() Not just in the high action sequences but even in the quieter scenes, the subtle sound effects and BGM help transport the audience to the canyon where the scene is actually being shot. However, in ‘The Ambush’ the background music plays a key role in setting up the space for the viewer. In a war film there isn’t too much work of the music because the sounds of the machine guns shelling, helicopter whirring, bombs blasting and the soldiers screaming is already too much noise. ![]() Harry Gregson-Williams’ background score is another highlight of the film. He has used the dichotomy of the real-life incident and matched it to perfection with some superb shot selections and scene placements. Morel manages to make ‘The Ambush’ stand out by not showing too much gore and blood spillage, which is a common trope in almost every war film. It’s hard to compare war films against each other as most of them are based on real-life incidents. The direction by Pierre Morel is outstanding. There are close-ups, long shots and drone shots all working in tandem to bring forth a cinematic experience that is hard to forget. The explosive bits are filmed so perfectly that you actually feel that you’re sitting right inside those army combat vehicles. But will air and land support reach the men in time, and will they survive? Will the three be able to make it back alive from this? Well, you’ll have to watch ‘The Ambush’ to find out.Īirscope Drones has come up with some superb drone shots for the film. A rescue mission is quickly put into action. Back at the base, their commander receives word and realizes that the assault on the UAE army patrol was premeditated. They are running out of options, munitions – and time. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, the three soldiers realize the gravity of their situation. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, Ali, Bilal and Hindasi are ambushed by heavily armed militants on their route, through a narrow canyon. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. It is the winter of 2018, and the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. Marwan Abdullah, Khalifa Al Jassem, Mohammed Ahmed, Abdulla Saeed Bin Haider, Saeed Alharsh, Hassan Yousuf Alblooshi, Khalifa Albahri, Ghanim Nasser, Mansoor Alfeeli What’s The Story
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