Seeing this movie in 2018, you may wonder about the ratings.
The ultra thin story: French secret agent Belmondo, sold out in the middle of his mission -to kill an african president- first searches for the viewers pity as a maltreated prisoner in some african camps. Once he is able to escape -2 years later-, he has nothing in mind than still to kill that president, who visits France and now is in friendly relationship with France, against governamental interests. And yes, with barely no twists at all in the script, he succeeds. That's it.
We also witness a 1:1 western style pistol duel, but placed in the middle of Paris. Not later than now, you begin to scratch your head. Of course Belmondo is a legend, liked by men and possibly more by women, but the shadow of this quite sensless script IMO is just to dark to be able to like the movie. As smart, intelligent and charismatic agent he might be in this movie, he can't save it. Also the laconic, repetitive soundtrack, praised by some, IMO does draw down this movie even more, it just emphasizes the inevitability, for which you can't find a reason.
The ultra thin story: French secret agent Belmondo, sold out in the middle of his mission -to kill an african president- first searches for the viewers pity as a maltreated prisoner in some african camps. Once he is able to escape -2 years later-, he has nothing in mind than still to kill that president, who visits France and now is in friendly relationship with France, against governamental interests. And yes, with barely no twists at all in the script, he succeeds. That's it.
We also witness a 1:1 western style pistol duel, but placed in the middle of Paris. Not later than now, you begin to scratch your head. Of course Belmondo is a legend, liked by men and possibly more by women, but the shadow of this quite sensless script IMO is just to dark to be able to like the movie. As smart, intelligent and charismatic agent he might be in this movie, he can't save it. Also the laconic, repetitive soundtrack, praised by some, IMO does draw down this movie even more, it just emphasizes the inevitability, for which you can't find a reason.