Wow. This movie can compete with the best of the Jason Bourne movies. It even beats it in true to life acting performances. And the action photography is excellent as well. What more could I wish for? It's just for the fact that this is a French movie, that I hadnt heard about it, because French movies dont get distributed well in the English speaking countries.
Not any bad? There are some plot turns that go too fast. This entire movie only lasts 1 hour and 20 minutes. That's short. A little longer would have contributed to an even more balanced movie.
This is not just another blunt action assasin movie. This story about a young, but genius weapons specialist is about NOT wanting to take part in executing violent raids. That's what's quite special about this story. The leading character can kill unlike any other assasin, but he simply abhors the real world violence of the police force. Quite an orignal take, which I applaud.
Better find a movie with some good Englsish subtitles, because this movie is worth every second of it. Absolutely a new action gem! And I am gonna follow this writer / director for the years to come.
Plot summary
The young police man Vincent is the best in his class, and denies to be recruited to the special forces. But when the corrupt Milo manages to get a grip on him, his life is turned into a living nightmare.
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The grooming of an assasin. Hardhitting. Sinister. Thrilling. New action gem!
Very common gun war movies
Very common gun war movies. The color of the picture is bleak and the plot setting is unreasonable. The rhythm does not fluctuate too much and the characters have no characteristics. The advantage is that the gun battle is realistic and the cartridge clips are limited.
Weapons expert
If you were (or are) a cynic, you would be excused to think this could be an ad for pro gun people/organisation. The NRA will surely love this, if they have watched it that is. Then again, this being french they may not even be aware of it. But if you leave that aside and just can enjoy the movie for what it is: a fictional crime story with lots of action.
The stunt/action scenes are really good. And as mentioned the movie is french and up until now there is no remake in sight, which is a bit surprising. You could see an US version of this for many reasons. Apart from the already mentioned, the tension is there and the movie really holds up everything until the end. Which may or may not be dissapointing to some ...