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The Wall film review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as a wounded sniper in Doug Liman’s stripped-down military thriller

3/5 stars A US Army sharpshooter finds himself pinned down by an Iraqi sniper in The Wall, a stripped-down military thriller by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow). Caught beneath the searing desert sun with only a collapsing wall for cover, the wounded Isaac (Aaron Taylor-Johnson in an impressively physical performance) must endure a psychological battle of wits, as his unseen attacker (Laith Nakli) goads him over the radio. The production’s modest scale and single location do...

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