Introduction

Dirty Angels is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell, with a script co-written by Campbell, Alissa Sullivan Haggis, and Jonas McCord. It stars Eva Green, Maria Bakalova, Ruby Rose and Jojo T. Gibbs.

Outline

A group of terrorists storms a girls’ school in Afghanistan, capturing several students including Badia, who is the daughter of Afghanistan’s Minister of Education and the US Ambassador. Some girls initially escape to the rooftop, but are eventually captured. The terrorists demand $10 million ransom per hostage and the release of a prisoner named Sheik Al-Shimali.

After a failed rescue attempt by Delta Force, the US military devises a new plan. They recruit Jake, a female soldier, to lead a rescue mission. She assembles a team of skilled women including Rocky (a mechanic), Geek (a technician), and The Bomb (a weapons expert), along with Dr. Mike. They pose as medical personnel to infiltrate the region.

The Afghan Minister of Education helps them cross the border, though he also plans to pay ransom for his daughter. The team conducts various operations, including raiding a weapons cache. During these missions, they suffer casualties including Dr. Mike and Travis. They also discover that one of their local contacts, Awina, is actually informing the terrorists of their movements.

The team manages to rescue Sheik Al-Shimali from a prison transport but loses Rocky in the process. They then attempt to use Sheik Al-Shimali and counterfeit money to negotiate, but the terrorist leader discovers the fake money. This leads to a final assault on the terrorists’ cave base.

During the climactic rescue, Jake confronts and kills the terrorist leader while The Bomb leads the captured girls to safety. Though they successfully rescue the hostages and evacuate them by helicopter, several team members are lost in the process. The film ends with Jake and Malik choosing to return to rescue Geek, who stayed behind to cover their escape.

Cast

• Eva Green as Jake
• Ruby Rose as Medic
• Maria Bakalova as The Bomb
• Rona-Lee Shimon as Mechanic
• Jojo T. Gibbs as Geek
• Christopher Backus
• Zoha Rahman
• Laëtitia Eïdo
• Edmund Kingsley
• Reza Brojerdi
• Claudia Roldan
• Kenan Taren
• May Kurtz

Production

In September 2022, it was announced that Martin Campbell would be directing the film, with Eva Green attached to star. In November, it was reported that Ruby Rose, Maria Bakalova, Rona-Lee Shimon and Jonica T. Gibbs had joined the cast. Christopher Backus joined the film’s cast in December.

Principal photography began in December 2022 in Morocco and Millennium Media’s Nu Boyana Film Studios in Thessaloniki, Greece, and concluded in February 2023.

Release

Dirty Angels was released in theatres and video on demand on 13 December 2024.

Trivia

• Second, after Casino Royale (2006) collaboration between director Martin Campbell and actress Eva Green.
• The story portrayed in the film is entirely fictional.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Martin Campbell
• Producer(s):
  • Fouad Challa … line producer
  • Boaz Davidson … executive producer
  • Moshe Diamant … producer
  • Jeffrey Greenstein … executive producer
  • Lati Grobman … executive producer
  • Victor Hadida … co-executive producer
  • Avi Lerner … executive producer
  • Yariv Lerner … producer
  • Darina Pavlova … executive producer
  • Lonnie Ramati … co-executive producer
  • Regina Seifert … co-producer
  • Trevor Short … executive producer
  • Yanko Ushatov … line producer
  • Robert Van Norden … producer
  • Jonathan Yunger … executive producer
• Writer(s):
  • Martin Campbell
  • Alissa Sullivan Haggis
  • Jonas McCord
  • Gene Quintano
• Music:
  • Photek … (as Rupert Parkes)
• Cinematography:
  • David Tattersall
• Editor(s):
• Production:
  • I Road Productions
  • Millennium Media
  • Nu Boyana Film Studios
• Distributor(s):
  • Gravel Road Distribution Group (South Africa, 2024)
  • Pioneer Films (Philippines, 2024)(theatrical)
  • The Film Group (Greece, 2024)(theatrical)
  • Lionsgate (United States, 2024)
  • The Searchers (Belgium, 2024)
  • The Searchers (Netherlands, 2024)
  • Top Film Distribution (Ukraine, 2024)
• Release Date: 11 December 2024 (Philippines).
• Running Time: 124 minutes.
• Rating: 15.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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