When looking for French Thriller titles on Amazon UK,this was the title that always appeared at the top.Planning to buy the DVD,I was pleased to spot that the movie was about to appear on BBC iPlayer,which
The plot:
Checking the wards after speaking to his pregnant wife Nadia, Samuel Pierret spots a mysterious man running out of a room.Entering the room,Pierret finds the man (who has been left knocked out by a crash) has been taken off his respirator. Quickly putting the respirator back on,Pierret gets the situation under control. Embracing Nadia at home, Samuel and his wife are attacked by some thugs,who knock Samuel out. Waking up on his own,Samuel gets a call from the thugs and is told that if he wants to see Nadia alive again,he must get the knocked out patient out of the hospital.
View on the film:
Dragged into a murky underworld at point blank range, Gilles Lellouche gives a great performance as Samuel Pierret,whose raw red eyes and leathery face allow Lellouche to give the title a gripping roughness. Waking up dazed and confused, Roschdy Zem glides with the coolness of a Neo-Noir rebel in his magnetic performance as the knocked out stranger Hugo Sartet,with Zem slowly building a level of respect that Startet shares with Samuel,which is joined by Zem giving Sartet an icy bluntness on attacking those who want him out of the hospital.
Firing Samuel out of his blue collar life,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Guillaume Lemans) director Fred Cavayé spins a thrilling Neo-Noir web which pulls excellent,double dealing cops into Samuel and Sartet's loners on the run spree. Despite fading away in for the ending,the writers keep the Neo-Noir anxiety burning away,as Samuel finds himself being tied to Sartet's tough deals.
Running with Samuel and Sartet, Cavayé & cinematographer Alain Duplantier keep track with chic Neo-Noir style cast across the screen in rapid-fire whip-pans locating every escape route the guys have. Along with the chase shine, Cavayé gives the gritty shoot-outs and fight scenes a moody darkness cast by dried up colours,as Samuel,Sartet and Nadia try not to reach their grosse pointe blank.
The plot:
Checking the wards after speaking to his pregnant wife Nadia, Samuel Pierret spots a mysterious man running out of a room.Entering the room,Pierret finds the man (who has been left knocked out by a crash) has been taken off his respirator. Quickly putting the respirator back on,Pierret gets the situation under control. Embracing Nadia at home, Samuel and his wife are attacked by some thugs,who knock Samuel out. Waking up on his own,Samuel gets a call from the thugs and is told that if he wants to see Nadia alive again,he must get the knocked out patient out of the hospital.
View on the film:
Dragged into a murky underworld at point blank range, Gilles Lellouche gives a great performance as Samuel Pierret,whose raw red eyes and leathery face allow Lellouche to give the title a gripping roughness. Waking up dazed and confused, Roschdy Zem glides with the coolness of a Neo-Noir rebel in his magnetic performance as the knocked out stranger Hugo Sartet,with Zem slowly building a level of respect that Startet shares with Samuel,which is joined by Zem giving Sartet an icy bluntness on attacking those who want him out of the hospital.
Firing Samuel out of his blue collar life,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Guillaume Lemans) director Fred Cavayé spins a thrilling Neo-Noir web which pulls excellent,double dealing cops into Samuel and Sartet's loners on the run spree. Despite fading away in for the ending,the writers keep the Neo-Noir anxiety burning away,as Samuel finds himself being tied to Sartet's tough deals.
Running with Samuel and Sartet, Cavayé & cinematographer Alain Duplantier keep track with chic Neo-Noir style cast across the screen in rapid-fire whip-pans locating every escape route the guys have. Along with the chase shine, Cavayé gives the gritty shoot-outs and fight scenes a moody darkness cast by dried up colours,as Samuel,Sartet and Nadia try not to reach their grosse pointe blank.