Escape from Mogadisyu

...packs an almighty punch: staff from both embassies travelling in a convoy of cars through a terrifyingly believable conflict zone: guns firing, Molotov cocktails flying.

...bracingly enjoyable stuff – slickly edited, dryly humorous and shot with a bold yellow palette that somehow enhances the sense of panic.

There’s a comedic edge to the self-centredness of these political manoeuvrings in the early stages of the film, which only becomes more absurd as that bureaucratic farce carries on into life-and-death circumstances.