Hyena Road (2015 film)

Hyena Road is a 2015 Canadian war film following officers of the Canadian Army during the War in Afghanistan.Paul Gross' Hyena Road tells Afghan war tale - 11 September 2015 - CBC News - Retrieved 17 May 2021
== Cast ==
* Paul Gross as Captain Pete Mitchell
* Rossif Sutherland as Warrant Officer Ryan Sanders
* Clark Johnson as Brigadier General Rilman
* Allan Hawco as Master Corporal Travis Davidson
* Christine Horne as Captain Jennifer Bowman
* David Richmond-Peck as Hickie
* Jennifer Pudavick as Mary
* Aqqalu Meekis as Wolf
* Neamat Arghandabi as the Ghost
* Nabil Elouahabi as Haji Baba
== Production ==
=== Release ===
Still shots from the film were released on 1 September 2015.Exclusive ‘Hyena Road’ Poster Shows Epic Snapshots of Middle East War Drama - Sonya Saepoff - 1 September 2015 - IndieWire - Retrieved 17 May 2021 To help sell the film to Canadian audiences, the distributors sought to emulate the market the film in a similar way to films in the United States.A marketing battle to sell Hyena Road, a Canadians-in-Afghanistan war film - Simon Houpt - 2 October 2015 - The Globe and Mail - Retrieved 17 May 2021
== Reception ==
A reviewer for The Globe and Mail said of the film, "The war scenes are plenty thrilling, but the film's real achievement is its quiet authenticity."Hyena Road: Unprecedented Canadian war film a marvel of quiet authenticity - Kate Taylor - 9 October 2015 - The Globe and Mail - Retrieved 17 May 2021
Reviewer for The New York Times Daniel M. Gold said of the film, "Refreshingly free of jingoism, that detachment unfortunately winds up working against the movie, which doesn’t engage emotionally... Even so, “Hyena Road” is a skillfully filmed reminder, if one is needed, about why Afghanistan earned its status as the “graveyard of empires.”"Review: ‘Hyena Road’ Follows a Sniper Team in Afghanistan - Daniel M. Gold - 10 March 2016 - The New York Times - Retrieved 17 May 2021
== Links ==
* Hyena Road on Wikipedia
* Hyena Road on IMDB
== References ==
Category:Real films
Category:Real war films
Category:Real Canadian war films
Category:Real Canadian films
Category:Real films about the War in Afghanistan
Category:Real films released in 2015