The Assault
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The Assault

5.7 / 10 2022 1h 30mNR Kazakh
Drama

Storyline

Masked figures with machine guns march into the secondary school in Karatas, take the pupils hostage, and execute one of them. They make no demands. Silent terror is their modus operandi. Seeing as the army will take two days to arrive due to a snowstorm, maths teacher Tazshi decides to assemble his own assault team: his ex-wife, the gym teacher, the cowardly school principal, an alcoholic night watchman, the village idiot, and an incompetent chief of police.

Cast & Crew

Azamat Nigmanov

Azamat Nigmanov

Tazshi

Lead
Aleksandra Revenko

Aleksandra Revenko

Lena

Berik Aitzhanov

Berik Aitzhanov

Sopa

Nurbek Mukushev

Nurbek Mukushev

principal

NB

Nurlan Batyrov

Max

Yerken Gubashev

Yerken Gubashev

Dulo Stakan

Daniyar Alshinov

Daniyar Alshinov

Turbo

TK

Teoman Khos

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Adilkhan Yerzhanov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Assault is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker