Movies I Want to See: Waar (2013)

Waar (an Urdu word which means "the strike"), is a 2013 Pakistani action film directed by Bilal Lashari, in his feature film debut, and written and produced by Hassan Waqas Rana. Lashari also served as cinematographer and editor as well as had a role in the movie. It is primarily an English language film, took approximately three years to make and is the highest grossing Pakistani film of all time, earning the equivalent of $1.2 million in the first thirteen days of release. I should point out that that the film was initially released only in Pakistan on 42 screens on the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha. This is meager compared to American standards, which are generally in the thousands for wide-released films, but this is the widest release in Pakistani cinematic history. As of this writing, Waar holds an impressive 9.2/10 rating on IMDb based on 21,707 votes. A sequel, not surprisingly, is already in the works. Watch the mostly English trailer below.