This Chabrol's movie begins well with funny characters,Michel Serrault cast as a bogus colonel,Huppert,as a bogus femme fatale,and FRançois Cluzet as a security guard working for shady guys.The scenes in the ski resort and on the plane,with a witty dialog including money,of course,gastronomy ,army(Ah! our beautiful French Army! an old and distinguished lady tells the "colonel"),and even Dead Poet Society (watch out for the lines). Then ,half-way through,the movie loses steam,the pace becomes too slow ,the dialog ponderous.Jean-François Balmer (a great actor though) and his gang of baddies are not convincing,being too stereotyped compared to the three initial characters.At times,it would seem that Chabrol and his actors preferred to enjoy the sea sun and beach of the wonderful setting.Hence this disappointing second part where "rien ne va plus"(nothing works anymore),and with a very trite ending at that!Average.
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