The Ambush
6.1
“They will bring their brothers home by any means necessary.”
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, Ali, Bilal and Hindasi are ambushed by heavily armed militants on their route, through a narrow canyon. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, the three soldiers realize the gravity of their situation. They are running out of options, munitions - and time. Back at the base, their commander receives word and realizes that the assault on the UAE army patrol was premeditated. A rescue mission is quickly put into action, but will air and land support reach the men in time, and will they survive?
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Cast
11 people
Marwan Abdullah
Sergeant Ali Al-mismari
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Bayt Abouna
Khalifa Al Jassem
Warrant Officer Bilal Al Saadi
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Mohammed Ahmed
Sergeant Al Hindasi
Abdulla Saeed Bin Haider
Colonel Almazroui
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Betrayal of a Nation
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Saeed Alharsh
Captain Saeed Al Shehhi
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Hassan Yousuf Alblooshi
Abdulla Alblooshi
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Khalifa Albahri
Al Sayari
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Heart of Justice
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Ghanim Nasser
Opposition Leader
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Mansoor Alfeeli
Colonel Jamal Al Khatri
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Makr
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Ibrahim Almusharaakh
Mansoor
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Salem Altamimi
Sergeant Salem
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Pierre Morel Director · Brandon Birtell Writer Kurtis Birtell Writer
Worldwide gross $5.2M · Budget $40M · United States release October 28, 2022
Box office
Budget
$40,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,218,666
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
Image Nation Studios
Production
AGC Studios
Production
United Arab Emirates · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
الكمينAl Kameen
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic
Release dates
United Arab Emirates · November 25, 2021
Theatrical
United States · October 28, 2022
Limited theatrical
United States · November 1, 2022
Digital
China
April 28, 2025 · Digital · bilibili
France
August 4, 2022 · Digital · VOD
August 11, 2022 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Germany
November 3, 2022 · Theatrical
March 23, 2023 · Physical
Japan
December 29, 2023 · Digital
Poland
May 13, 2022 · Digital
Romania
November 10, 2025 · TV · PRO TV
November 11, 2025 · Digital · Voyo
Slovakia
July 16, 2024 · TV · JOJ PLUS
South Korea
January 12, 2023 · Theatrical
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