6 Days (RP13)

95 mins 6 Days depicts the real-life terror of 1980s terrorism, when the Iranian Embassy in London was stormed and 22 people were taken hostage in April, 1980. In its opening moments, the film makes one wistful for a time when redand-white head-dressed Arab men could walk London streets without remark. But events rapidly turn sinister and what ensues is a faithful, unflashy recount of a week in which then-PM Margaret Thatcher made sure the whole world knew that Britain would not negotiate with terrorists.

Despite present-day perils, it feels like a bygone age in many ways, but the story itself should be as enthralling as any crime drama which unfolds into uncertainty under the Sword of Damocles. Yet, despite doing everything ‘‘right’’, the film doesn’t