Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Incredibly intense and meticulously researched The Assault a vividly realistic portrayal of the true-life events that gripped a TV audience of over 21 million viewers on Saturday December 24th 1994It&39;s Christmas Eve 1994 A flight from Algiers bound for Paris is hijacked and 227 passengers are taken hostage by a militant group of heavily armed Islamic terrorists The authorities&39; only hope of saving the passengers is to enlist the GIGN an elite special-forces unit But it&39;s a deadly mission of survival that will escalate into a violent confrontation that&39;s both brutal and movingDirected by Julien Leclerq The Assault stars Vincent Elbaz Gregori Derangere Melanie Bernier Aymen Saidi and Marie GuillardActors Vincent Elbaz Grégori Derangère Mélanie Bernier Philippe Bas Aymen Saïdi Marie Guillard Antoine Basler Fatima Adoum Hugo Becker Hugues Martel Hervé Dubourjal François Lescurat Abdelhafid Metalsi & Jean-Philippe PuymartinDirector Julien LeclercqCertificate 15 years and overYear 2010