I went to see this film with a fairly international group of film goers. . . and we all hated it. Apart from some interesting cinematography (eg. the tandem swim at sunset) this film is absolutely empty. I can't remember a film where I felt so cheated out of my money and my time.
On the yahoo cinema site for the film it said that the director did an enormous amount of research:
"Frédéric Schoendoerffer s'est énormément documenté sur le métier d'agent secret en procédant à un tri méthodique des informations recueillies à ce sujet".
If this is true then the spy business has to be the most boring profession on earth. Granted I realize it isn't all James Bond in real life, but it has to be a thousand times more interesting than the film, because someone could pay me to be a spy, but they could never pay me enough to have to watch this film again.
It should be pointed out, I think, that the director didn't do an enormous amount of research into car accidents. The main character suffers severe injury to his head and hand from a relative fender bender, while walking away from a car accident in which the car he is in, going at full tilt down an expressway, flips over a median and land upside down hitting another car, which then causes them both to blow up within a matter of seconds...
yet he escapes unscathed...
Please, don't waste your money on this film . . . go watch classic Hitchcock. . . he also did an enormous amount of research on the subject but he also knew how to tell a good story.
Watch the zoom-in shot at the beginning from outer space to the Meditteranean, it is alright, though a bit cliché these days, then go demand your money back for those of you who have accidentally bought your tickets in advance.
On the yahoo cinema site for the film it said that the director did an enormous amount of research:
"Frédéric Schoendoerffer s'est énormément documenté sur le métier d'agent secret en procédant à un tri méthodique des informations recueillies à ce sujet".
If this is true then the spy business has to be the most boring profession on earth. Granted I realize it isn't all James Bond in real life, but it has to be a thousand times more interesting than the film, because someone could pay me to be a spy, but they could never pay me enough to have to watch this film again.
It should be pointed out, I think, that the director didn't do an enormous amount of research into car accidents. The main character suffers severe injury to his head and hand from a relative fender bender, while walking away from a car accident in which the car he is in, going at full tilt down an expressway, flips over a median and land upside down hitting another car, which then causes them both to blow up within a matter of seconds...
yet he escapes unscathed...
Please, don't waste your money on this film . . . go watch classic Hitchcock. . . he also did an enormous amount of research on the subject but he also knew how to tell a good story.
Watch the zoom-in shot at the beginning from outer space to the Meditteranean, it is alright, though a bit cliché these days, then go demand your money back for those of you who have accidentally bought your tickets in advance.