An average movie

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick, but since I found a cheap DVD, I thought I should give it a try. In France, for many years, the golden couple has always been Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci (Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis were their biggest concurrent but after a 14 year relationship, they eventually broke up). The intriguing thing about them is that they made a whole bunch of movies together starting with ‘L’appartement’ in 1996. Anyway, this is definitely one of the most obscure movies they have made together but I thought it was not bad at all. Basically, it is one of those European spy flicks. In contrary to the American movies in the same genre, the focus is not on the huge action set-pieces but more on the mood and the characters and, sometimes, it works pretty nicely. So, this movie is a rather typical outing in this genre but, I have to admit, it was still missing something to become truly remarkable. Eventually, even though I was entertained throughout the whole thing, it was still nothing mind-blowing though. Still, to conclude, even though it is pretty obscure, I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10