Bazil's father was killed by a landmine explosion 30 years ago. Bazil himself now has a bullet permanently embedded in his head, thanks to a shootout outside his work. He is now determined to have his revenge on the arms manufacturers responsible for both events.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet who gave us, with Marc Caro, the wonderfully inane Delicatessen (1991) and the almost-as-good City of Lost Children (1995), so you already know this is going to be off-beat and anarchic. (He did also give us the delightful Amelie (2001) but on a negative note, he did direct the horrendous and unnecessary Alien movie, Alien: Resurrection (1997). I'll blame Hollywood for that one though).
And off-beat it is, with some wonderfully dark and funny scenes. However, here Jeunet sets up the story well, building up to the helter-skelter stuff, rather than simply launching into it. He retains the humorous side to his story-telling so we still have that aspect in the initial stages. This all makes for an engaging story.
Having set the scene what follows is a rollercoaster of a caper. Not all of it makes sense or seems necessary: some of it seems like clever trickery just for the sake of it. It all comes together well in the end though.
Interesting, engaging and entertaining.
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet who gave us, with Marc Caro, the wonderfully inane Delicatessen (1991) and the almost-as-good City of Lost Children (1995), so you already know this is going to be off-beat and anarchic. (He did also give us the delightful Amelie (2001) but on a negative note, he did direct the horrendous and unnecessary Alien movie, Alien: Resurrection (1997). I'll blame Hollywood for that one though).
And off-beat it is, with some wonderfully dark and funny scenes. However, here Jeunet sets up the story well, building up to the helter-skelter stuff, rather than simply launching into it. He retains the humorous side to his story-telling so we still have that aspect in the initial stages. This all makes for an engaging story.
Having set the scene what follows is a rollercoaster of a caper. Not all of it makes sense or seems necessary: some of it seems like clever trickery just for the sake of it. It all comes together well in the end though.
Interesting, engaging and entertaining.