Kiwi filmmaker Toa Fraser's latest release tackles the story of the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London.
It stars British actors Mark Strong and Jamie Bell, and is called 6 Days.
While by no means a stand-out for Fraser, the opportunity to re-visit a story that dominated world news is always a draw card.
The almost week-long hostage siege at the Iranian Embassy in London is told here through the eyes of the negotiators, the politicians, the terrorists, the hostages, the SAS team hovering and awaiting their orders and through the media standing vigil outside the cordon.
Strong leads the cast as police negotiator Max Vernon. Bell is the young SAS officer Rusty Firmin. Both have very different jobs to do, as the siege stretches from hours to days.
Watching, and helping the world to watch too, is Abbie Cornish as BBC reporter Kate Adie, her career-making big break covering the biggest story of her life.
If not entirely compelling, 6 Days gives us a little to chew on from several different perspectives of these well-known events.
Strong is always just so watchable and he brings stillness and a heartbeat to the proceedings.
Three stars.
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