While watching "Furie", known as "Get In" in English, I was wondering why the French make the best thrillers. I think it's because with thrillers, atmosphere is paramount, and French movies generally privilege atmosphere over most everything else.

"Furie" is no exception. Its atmosphere is tangible for most of the picture. You almost want to look away. It's ugly and uncomfortable, this story of a man in a ghastly situation, having his house taken away by people he had tried to help, and then getting caught up in that Kafkaesque nightmare world of bureaucracy and red tape. It is all too explicable that such a man would find himself in the company of others on the outside looking in.

I felt the movie kind of stumbled in the final act, though. The movie turns into a home invasion type flick, where the bad guys even wear animal masks, proving that the filmmakers have obviously been studying "You're Next". This material is too familiar to be the climax we had been waiting for, but the movie was still pretty good.

I say check it out.

Of course this little French feature was in production in the same time of Korean's PARASITES, so I don't even think it was inspired from the Asian film. But the two movies have something in common, concerning some kind of home invading, though not in the usual straight way. It seems inspired from actual events,for the first part. And I think this kind of unbelievable scheme may happen from time to time. Incredible is the word. The movies changes of pace after the second third, to become an action horror thriller, but unfortunately with a totally f...up ending. In the pure Hollywood tradition, which is not a compliment.

This is quite the story and it is even crazier if you think that in one way or the other, this actually happened. I did not check what was truthful from real life, but just the premise itself is quite ludicrous ... Well not for the owners of the house of course, but in general.

And just the fact that laws let this happen ... this is madness, but then again, we know laws sometimes do not help the innocent, escpecially if some take advantage of them. So there are cliches here and the characters do take steps most will expect, but this is still a thrilling ride and "adventure" and you really feel for them ... all their issues included!