Les spécialistes (1985)

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was directed by Patrice Leconte and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Apparently, it was a box-office success in France when it was released and, after watching the damned thing, I can fully understand why. Indeed, it was well made and quite entertaining and it was pretty neat to see a French action flick which didn't look cheap and which could easily compete with similar US productions. Eventually, it turned out to be some kind of French modern take on 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', they even kept the homo-erotic undertones. Fortunately, this approach worked very well mostly because Bernard Giraudeau and Gérard Lanvin were both really charismatic and had some v” read more