A cop's brother ODs, her mom gets kidnapped — she's not having it.
Ghada is a police officer. Her brother falls prey to bad friends and dies after taking a large dose of heroin. Ghada discovers the complex of one of her friends and arrests him red-handed, with heroin in his possession. It turns out that he is part of a drug gang led by smuggler Hazem, and his wife Buthaina and her brother Marouf are partners with him. Buthaina and Marouf kidnap Ghada's mother to pressure her to change her testimony.
Acting
Samah Anwar's feral grief-to-rage arc
Direction
Barakat's final film, still swinging
Score
Synth-drenched Egyptian action cheese
Director
Henry Barakat
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henry Barakat directed over 60 films across four decades; this was his swan song at age 76.
Samah Anwar was among the first Egyptian actresses to headline action roles without a male co-lead, making Ghada's solo raid on Hazem's compound genuinely radical for 1988 Arab cinema.
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