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 very nice chemistry together. Unfortunately, even though it was mostly entertaining, it's too bad that the story was just full of nonsense though. There were some details like the fact, that even though they were on the run and just jumped into a river, they were still able to light a fire and smoke a cigarette 5 mins later. It was also probably a mistake to make Giraudeau's character a cop as it made the story unnecessarily convoluted. I mean, did it really make sense that the police would come up with such a plan to get rid off some notorious gangster? Sure, you might argue that it was supposed to be some brainless popcorn entertainment and I guess it all depends what you expect from the movies you watch. Still, as far I was concerned, I wonder what would have been the end-result if they would have come up with a better script. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10