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Mosul (2020)

Mosul poster
Original title
الموصل
Directed by
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Genre
action film
Country
Iraq, United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
16
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 345 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A group of Iraqi police officers fight to retake their city from ISIS militants. The movie follows their dangerous mission through the streets of Mosul.

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What happens

Mosul is a 2019 Arabic-language American war action film written and directed by Matthew Michael Carnahan. The film is based on the 2016 Battle of Mosul during War in Iraq, which saw Iraqi government forces and coalition allies defeat ISIS, who had controlled the city since June 2014. The film premiered at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and released on Netflix on November 26, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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