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Wildlands

Wildlands (Kim Mordaunt, 2017) wr. Kim Mordaunt, John Collee, prod. Sylvia Wilczynski, Tom Hardy, Dean Baker; Matthias Schoenaerts; based on the director’s experiences in the bomb disposal world in Asia and Africa. After being dismissed from UN forces following a failed mission in Afghanistan, Thomas gets a final shot at redemption when he’s sent to Angola, one of the most heavily mined lands in the world. There, he teams up with 10 spirited Angolan women and their bomb-sniffing African Pouched Rats. Soon he comes under pressure to make a remote village safe for civilians but also finds love.


Garry Gillard | New: 30 June, 2020| Now: 30 June, 2020