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Chris NahonKuvaus:
Michel AbramowiczNäyttelijät:
Jean Reno, Jocelyn Quivrin, Arly Jover, Laura Morante, Emmanuelle Escourrou, Jean-Michel Tinivelli, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jean-Pierre Martins (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (1)
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Pariisin turkkilaisessa kaupunginosassa on käynnissä murhatutkimukset. Pariisilainen Anna menettää muistiaan pikku hiljaa. Hän tunnistaa kyllä Abe Lincolnin muttei Laurentia, aviomiestään 8 vuoden ajalta. Laurent ja neurologi tri Ackerman kehoittavat häntä menemään leikkaukseen, mutta Anna kieltäytyy ja hakeutuu keltaisten sivujen kautta psykiatri Mathilden luo hakemaan apua. Toisaalla nuori idealistinen poliisi Paul Nerteaux naaraa jo kolmatta turkkilaista naista Pariisin viemäreistä. Kukaan muu poliisissa ei tunnu välittävän vaikka pari turkkilaista ompelijaa on kidutettu ja murhattu, mutta Paul on päättänyt saada murhaajan kiinni. Anna ja Paul eivät tiedä mikä heitä odottaa... (Nordisk Film Fin.)
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Empire of the Wolves - a film with a good idea, good actors, good atmosphere... And a film with a crappy script. The first hour was fine, there was always something going on and I was curious how the two stories were connected: The search for a young cop-sympathizer who has enlisted the help of a dashing retired maniac Jean Reno, and the part with Anna, who feels that not everything in her life is as it seems. The stories intersected and I thought - OK, still good. Then came one twist (let's call it that), another (unnecessary), a third (even more unnecessary)... And a great scene on the spiral iron staircase, after which I think Empire of the Wolves should (and could) have ended. It didn't happen, and the writers decided to invite me on a trip to Istanbul, where the full finale takes place - it's spectacular and the desert shots are nice to look at, but it seems to have come from a completely different film. In the end, I give the Wolves a clean three stars, or slightly above average. The Crimson Rivers it is not, but fortunately it is not soulless crap either.
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The French filters and video clip-like direction are fine, but the screenwriter does something indescribably awful. A jumble of several stories, plenty of empty and meaningless references, plot twists that are absolutely incomprehensible, and the whole thing is one big confused mess. The action is minimal, and when it does happen, it is easily drowned out by blaring electronics. The action sequences are all incredibly poorly shot and confusing. I don't understand how Chris Nahon could fall so low. Kiss of the Dragon was quite good, but this is really too much, he didn't even manage to portray rainy Paris well, and the atmosphere overall is bland and uninspiring. Jean Reno is only here as a star, as he doesn't practically do anything. A very unnecessary film, I would say...
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