Hyena Road (2015)

Directed by

Paul Gross

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Canada

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 268 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan work to build a dangerous road through enemy territory. The film follows their struggles with combat, loyalty, and the harsh realities of war.

suspensefulgrittyintensesomberrealisticpersonalsolemn

What happens

Hyena Road is a 2015 Canadian war drama film directed, written and produced by Paul Gross, starring Gross and Rossif Sutherland. It was shown in the Gala Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shown on 24 September 2015, at the Calgary Film Festival, before a general release on 9 October. It won three Canadian Screen Awards. The film is based on the true story of "Route Hyena" (formerly named Route Fosters) which was built by Task Force Kandahar between 2008 and 2011 during the War in Afghanistan, which over various rotations involved many units across the Canadian Armed Forces. For this English-language film, the units are shown to be from Western Canada, based on Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, an English-language regiment stationed in Western Canada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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