The film does well to build and hold tension throughout the film. The acting is great, the story compelling, and although there's some dramatisation here and there, the film shows that action isn't needed to hold attention.

At the end, the film flicks between the film's depiction of events and footage from the time. The casting, hair and make up, and set designers did a fantastic job of recreating the feel and look of the Iranian Revolution. This is one of the most impressive aspects of the film, but the adherence for historical accuracy in one area also makes it far sadder that the film engages in revisionism in another. As others pointed out, it was mainly a Canadian operation, not American. The American film industry repeatedly side-lines allied nations' efforts in media at others' expense.