A good movie

I already saw this movie but, since it was ages ago and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, to be honest, I have to admit that I didn't remember it at all so it was definitely worth it to watch the damned thing again. Anyway, you probably have never heard of it as it is once again one of those really obscure French movies which I'm apparently the only one to have seen here on Listal. As a matter of fact, if you check it on IMDb, not even 300 people have seen it. Anyway, one of the main person involved in this feature was Philippe Fragione A.K.A Akhenaton, one of the biggest hip-hop artists in France who is above all known as the leader of the band IAM. I was surprised that to discover that Akhenaton actually also co-directed this flick. Anyway, like most US rap artists, he got involved in the movie business at some point and wisely took a subject he knew from in and out, the inner life of a Marseilles neighborhood. Usually, these kind of movies take place in the underprivileged outskirts of Paris which are grey and sad. Here, in Marseilles, the sun is shining all the time, the weather is nice the whole year, so the conditions seem to be better. And, yet, these guys in Marseilles just seem to feel as miserable as these guys fron Paris, I'm afraid. Concerning the directing, it was not bad and, just like 'La haine', the whole thing was really random but it was pretty obvious that Akhenaton and his budy were no Mathieu Kassovitz. The acting was also pretty weak, I'm afraid. However, the biggest mistake they made was to have way too many characters involved. Indeed, while 'La haine' was focusing on only 3 guys from the hood, here, they had a group of 8 young men which was obviously way too much to handle for a movie running not even 90 mins. As a result, none of them was properly fleshed out and, as a result, the whole thing felt rather half-baked. Anyway, to conclude, even if it is nothing really amazing, I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you like the genre.

7/10