Taglines: Everyone knows the enemy, not who’s in control.
Redemption Day Movie Storyline. U.S. Marine Corps Captain Brad Paxton is living with his wife Kate and a daughter in New York City, an archaeologist, still haunted by the nightmare of his service in Syria, where some of the soldiers were killed. After giving a speech in a conference, Kate travels to Morocco for archaeological mission where she meets French-Algerian archaeologist Jean Rashidi. When Kate and her team drives to find the ancient city hidden under the desert, they realize that they had inadvertently crossed the border of Algeria. The local insurgents arrive and kidnap Kate, Jean and Moroccan Amir Jadid. Jadid is released later.
Brad receives a news about Kate and travels to Rabat where he meets a Moroccan government liaison Younes Laalej, a former U.S. Army who had been served together with Brad. U.S. Ambassador Williams reluctantly agrees to join Younes and Brad in the operation to gather intel despite Tom Fitzgerald’s objections. The embassy discloses that the terrorist leader Jaafar El Hadi had been wanted by the Interpol for several years and been hiding off the radar. Meanwhile, El Hadi and his comrades voted for killing Kate if the ten million dollar ransom is not paid after their evening prayer.
With the help of counter-terrorism agency, they manage to track the whereabouts to El Hadi’s compound in Abadla. Brad and Younes embark the hour-long drive there. After Younes sends the coordinates of the compound, Williams orders the U.S. president to send NAVY SEALs to assist them in the operation. At night, Brad and Younes manage to kill most of the men and Brad finds and hides Kate.
The terrorists kill Jean after the French government failed to pay the ransom. When the two are confronted by El Hadi, he forces Younes to order the government to transfer the $10 million ransom money into El Hadi’s offshore account. As El Hadi attempts to escape, the SEALs arrive and kill El Hadi and his remaining men. Before leaving, Brad and Younes blow up the compound but get incapacitated; presuming that they are dead, the SEALs rescue Kate and fly away.
Redemption Day is a 2021 American action thriller film directed and co-written by Hicham Hajji. The film stars Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy García, Martin Donovan, Robert Knepper and Samy Naceri and follows the U.S. Marine who travels to Algeria to rescue his kidnapped wife. It was distributed by Saban Films.
Redemption Day (2021)
Directed by: Hicham Hajji
Starring: Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Andy García, Brice Bexter, Ernie Hudson, Martin Donovan, Robert Knepper, Samy Naceri, Karim Saidi, Soumaya Akaaboune, Khalil Kharraz, Hayet Belhalloufi
Screenplay by: Lemore Syvan, Samy Chouia, Hicham Hajji
Cinematography by: Philip Lozano
Film Editing by: Karim Ouaret
Costume Design by: Natalie van der Meulen
Art Direction by: Susie Haubner, Rabiaa N’Gadi
Music by: Sacha Chaban
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributed by: Saban Films
Release Date: January 8, 2021 (United States)
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