“Mine” (*** out of four) was a tense, jaggedly exciting melodrama about a soldier (Armie Hammer) who engages in a failed assassination attempt in the North African desert and then his foot becomes locked on a land mine that will go off if he moves and he is then trapped physically and psychologically as he recounts his life and fends for survival. Riveting movie is intensified by Hammer’s first-rate performance and harrowing story line which recalls “127 Hours” and “All Is Lost” involving one man’s isolated struggle against certain death. Starts to dissipate in the final third but a strong surprise and a solid showing for directors Fabio Guaglione and Fabio Resinaro.

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