A really dramatic and terrifying action movie
While a small band of thieves are robbing a computer warehouse, an army of Albans mafia trying to recover their boss from the police, put the warehouse under siege with a few policemen and the thieves inside. Everybody has to fight for their lives. Whoever remembers Carpenter's Assault to Precinct 13, will find certain familiarities in the setup; but this is as far as it goes.
After the magnificent setup, where a few but perfectly staged scenes, almost without dialogue used to present the main characters, the action begins and does not stop until the movie ends. If you know little about French cinema, is very important to note that some of the best actual French actors are in this movie, so with such fine acting, you will be caring about the characters, even when you hardly know them.
Siri, the director, in order to make things more terrifying, present the enemy like a plague using night vision artifacts to cover their faces. Like insects or animals, they have no feelings, do not talk and kill everything that cross it path. In an early scene a father and his son (two innocent bystanders) are killed (the kid's murder is only suggested, but still proves the point).
The action scenes (about 60% of the movie) and the FX are on a par with any good American action flick, but in this case, the reality coefficient is a lot higher. There are no superheroes, Rambos or Diehards here; just people trying to survive (and very few of them are able to live by the end). Neither are superfluous romances (even when two of the characters are women, they are both fighters), gratuitous gore or humor (well, that could be good).
Many people will be disappointed by the abrupt end. The movie ends suddenly, but if you analyze the situation (subtle spoiler follows), outnumbered and with almost no bullets, the only other choice by the remaining survivors was to commit suicide.
As expressed before; even when very well orchestrated action sequences and explosions, this movie will hook you more on the dramatic level than in the spectacular. Probably not commercial as Hollywood films, but better done and worth seeing for sure.
While a small band of thieves are robbing a computer warehouse, an army of Albans mafia trying to recover their boss from the police, put the warehouse under siege with a few policemen and the thieves inside. Everybody has to fight for their lives. Whoever remembers Carpenter's Assault to Precinct 13, will find certain familiarities in the setup; but this is as far as it goes.
After the magnificent setup, where a few but perfectly staged scenes, almost without dialogue used to present the main characters, the action begins and does not stop until the movie ends. If you know little about French cinema, is very important to note that some of the best actual French actors are in this movie, so with such fine acting, you will be caring about the characters, even when you hardly know them.
Siri, the director, in order to make things more terrifying, present the enemy like a plague using night vision artifacts to cover their faces. Like insects or animals, they have no feelings, do not talk and kill everything that cross it path. In an early scene a father and his son (two innocent bystanders) are killed (the kid's murder is only suggested, but still proves the point).
The action scenes (about 60% of the movie) and the FX are on a par with any good American action flick, but in this case, the reality coefficient is a lot higher. There are no superheroes, Rambos or Diehards here; just people trying to survive (and very few of them are able to live by the end). Neither are superfluous romances (even when two of the characters are women, they are both fighters), gratuitous gore or humor (well, that could be good).
Many people will be disappointed by the abrupt end. The movie ends suddenly, but if you analyze the situation (subtle spoiler follows), outnumbered and with almost no bullets, the only other choice by the remaining survivors was to commit suicide.
As expressed before; even when very well orchestrated action sequences and explosions, this movie will hook you more on the dramatic level than in the spectacular. Probably not commercial as Hollywood films, but better done and worth seeing for sure.