The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019
TV-MA
2h 9m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

33K

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Ben Kingsley, Greg Kinnear, Chris Evans, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Haley Bennett in The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)

Chris Evans and Michael Kenneth Williams star in the story of a group of international agents and Ethiopians who, in the early 1980s, used a deserted holiday retreat in Sudan as a front to smuggle thousands of refugees to Israel.

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Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979.Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979.Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

33K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Ari Levinson (Chris Evans) says 'no one knows what they speak in Malta', Malta is bilingual with English and Maltese both being official languages. Maltese is a Semitic language most closely related to Maghrebi Arabic but also related to Hebrew, the language which the agents speak.

Malta is currently the only EU state to have an official language of Semitic origin.

Goofs
The small "computer" on CIA Agent Bowen's desk is actually a TDD (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf). This model, Krown 200 LVD, wasn't introduced until the late 1980s.

Quotes
Sammy Navon: I love you man. You're a lucky guy, but when the luck runs out, then you gotta have a plan and you never have one. So I'm out.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2019 (2020)

Soundtracks
Leila - Live Version
Written and Performed by Ali Nazari
Courtesy of Caltex Trd, Inc.

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7/10

Absolutely Enthralling

One of the very few Netflix movies I've liked. Wonderful pacing and acting, based on a true story that I never knew existed, that now I'll never forget. I couldn't stop watching. Very well done!