Kajaki

2014
UK
1h 48min
15

Directed by: Paul Katis
Written by: Tom Williams
Cast: Mark Stanley, Malachi Kirby, David Elliot

True-life story about a group of British soldiers who entered an abandoned Afghani minefield in 2006 and sustained multiple casualties. Shot documentary-style, it combines realism (soldiers engaging in good-natured piss-taking even when horribly injured) with unbearable tension. Suspenseful and deeply moving, but those with weak stomachs have been warned.

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Kajaki. The True Story

24 Nov 2014

Paul Katis turns a true-life tragedy into a moving, suspenseful drama

Taking its name from the Kajaki Dam in Afghanistan, this harrowing drama depicts a real-life incident that took place in 2006, when a group of British soldiers stumbled into an abandoned Afghani minefield by mistake, sustaining multiple casualties. It…