In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Saddam Hussein, Fakhir, a father of eight, is serving in the Iraqi army. All around him, he sees innocent civilians getting injured by landmines, so he determines to disarm them with his own hands, using just a pocketknife and some wire cutters. He clears thousands of roadside bombs, mines and car bombs, knowing that every time he cuts a wire it could cost him his life—which he seems to find less important than the lives of others. In 2014, by this time having lost a leg, he starts working for the Kurdish Peshmerga, disarming boobytraps left behind by Daesh in and around Mosul. An enthusiastic home video maker, Fakhir collects hundreds of hours of footage of his day-to-day work.
The Deminer has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Deminer was released in 2018 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 10 reviews, giving The Deminer (2018) an average rating of 78%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 64%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Deminer than critics were.
With a score of 78%, The Deminer is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2018, which stands at 61%.
Other movies from 2018 with similar scores include films like Green Book, Incredibles 2 and Eighth Grade.
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