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The Patrol
The Patrol: Operation Herrick
Directed byTom Petch
Written byTom Petch
Produced byTom Petch
Tom Stuart
Karim Debbagh
CinematographyStu Bentley
Edited byLuke Deverill
Music byJames McWilliam and Nick Crofts
Release dates
  • 4 October 2013 (2013-10-04) (Raindance Film Festival)
  • 7 February 2014 (2014-02-07) (United Kingdom)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Patrol is a 2013 British action drama film set in Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2006. It looks at the Afghan conflict through the eyes of British soldiers.[1] It won Film of the Festival (Feature) at Raindance Film Festival 2013.

Cast

Release

The Patrol was released by Soda Pictures on 7 February 2014 in the United Kingdom and on 26 May 2014 by Epic Pictures Group in the United States.

Reception

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave it four out of five stars, praising the film's director, "writer-director Tom Petch makes a powerful impression with this tough, smart war movie on a shrewdly managed small scale, about a British army patrol in Afghanistan."[2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Bunkall, Allstair (28 September 2013). "The Patrol: Film Examines Afghan War Legacy". Sky News. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (6 February 2014). "The Patrol review – Director Tom Petch's debut is a thoughtful war movie about a British army patrol in Afghanistan". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

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