Airlift
2016, NR, 124 min.
Directed by Raja Menon, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Purab Kohli, Prakash Belawadi, Kumud Mishra, Inaamulhaq.

Not reviewed at press time. During Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, a rich businessman arranges to get himself and his family out of the trouble zone. But then he plans for the escape of his countrymen in the film based on a true story.

This article appears in January 29 • 2016.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.