Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

I really didn't expect a whole lot from this film, i just expected a lot of "epic battles" with little to no story at all. And to some extent that's true apart from the "no story" part.I really never expected what was going to happen in this movie. The story was extraordinary, by that i mean the story in this film had three different sides, from three different characters. An extra to that is just a ton of backstory to the main characters. And the cherry on the cake is the epic shootouts, battle perfection is key to most war movies, but this movie perfected it in its own way.If you were curious of how Afghanistan looks through a sniper scope, than give this movie a watch.

This is the fist review I have ever written online after watching what seems like a thousand movies in my lifetime. The action scenes are so real and the back stories keep your interest. I was specially surprised that this was a Canadian film! I did not know that much of their involvement in the war, but I am very thankful for this Movie for bringing it to my attention. I now realize that no country is alone in this fight against terrorism and we must continue to oppress any threat to anyone's freedom, whether it be an individual or a country in whole! This Movie brought that to light by showing the ways of the Taliban people and how they have no regard for their own countrymen, only in what makes them richer! All the people involved in this Movie did a GREAT JOB!!! Thank you CANADA!!!!!! p.s this may not be your typical type of review, but I did say it was my first ever. TY

"Passchendaele" actor & director Paul Gross' Canuck military actioneer set in Afghanistan "Hyena Road" is an above-average combat movie with sturdy performances, solid production values, but its standard-issue message that 'war is hell' is its only drawback. Donald Sutherland's son Rossif Sutherland plays Ryan Sanders, an officer in charge of a team of snipers while Paul Gross casts himself intelligence officer Pete Mitchell. Sanders believes that one shot can make the difference, but Mitchell has a more cynical attitude to warfare. Everything revolves around a high ranking officer's decision to build a road through the Kandahar Province. The first scene, where Sanders and his team drill a Taliban fighter who is trying to booby-trap a road, is riveting stuff. After they perforate the Taliban fighter, the poor slobs slumps down into a kneeling, prayer-like position. As our guys withdraw, they notice some curious looking spots on part of the paved highway running through the barren desert setting. Sanders orders a sniper to shoot at the spots, but nothing happens. When the sniper fires an incendiary round, the entire terrain vanishes in a huge explosion. Sanders and his team scramble out of the area and soon find themselves pursued hotly by several Taliban fighters wielding AK-47 assault rifles. Our heroes make it to the refuge of a house after a Taliban with an RPG accidentally blasts a hole into a doorway in the wall surrounding the house. According to Sanders' description of the man in the room with them where they hole up, the individual sounds like a legendary freedom fighter known as 'the Ghost.' Meanwhile, back at headquarters, Mitchell listens intently to Sanders as he describes their benefactor, and Mitchell is convinced that this is the same native who help oust the Soviets from Afghanistan. Mitchell wants to recruit the Afghanistan man to the cause. At the same time, few know Sanders has been having a secret romance with a headquarters communications officer Jennifer (Christine Horne of "Survival Code") who fears that the brass will learn about their romance and cashier her. Jennifer and Ryan agree to keep their affair off the grid. The conflict intensifies not only when Jennifer discovers that she is pregnant with Sanders' child, but also when Sanders plunges back into the desert to kill more enemy. The violence is sporadic, but graphic. Heads are shot off and drenched with gore. Comparisons between "Hyena Road" and Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper" are inevitable. Nevertheless, despite its romantic subplot, this is a movie worth watching with a downbeat finale.

One thing that makes "Hyena Road" excellent is that the film continues a cinematic and literary tradition of the Canadian ability to fight back, of intelligent opposition. In popular literature this goes back as far as Robert Service. In film it goes back to the (serious) Royal Mounties movies and to such Hollywood blockbusters as "The Wild North" (1952) and Stewart Grangers' character of Jules Vincent. Because Canada has become such an appendage to the USA in modern times we forget how outstanding the fighting ability of these people and their institutions can be. I do Not write this as a Canadian, mind you. But as an objective, non-Canadian who was very impressed by the combative intelligence and cross-cultural savvy of "Hyena Road". This is a sleeper. This is a keeper.