Richie-67-485852 You get just about everything in this movie. Who doesn't like stolen loot, prison scenes, fights, plots & twists, shoot-outs, betrayals, and the unexpected? Entertainment is presented and never lets up after a certain point. Only good movies can cause thriller, tensed up feelings where nails are ripe for the biting and one grips the arm rest. Its a good ride, decent story, exceptional acting and direction is good. It appears everyone liked being in this movie and because of that, we get what we wanted...a solid action flick back. Escape here with a tasty drink, some snack and no texting or distractions. Let the movie have you until it lets go...Well done.

carbuff Interesting French action/thriller with some problems but still worth the time. The problems are, first, that the protagonist keeps moving like the Energizer Bunny even after repeatedly suffering nearly crippling levels of bodily trauma. I once jumped from a height of around twelve to fifteen feet-- I hurt for weeks. Another time, in an ill-advised drunken scuffle, I suffered a few broken ribs, and it was a long, long time before I could move vigorously again without pretty intense pain. To borrow a famous movie line (with a minor twist), "I'll have what he's having." The second main problem with the film is that the plot is riddled with holes. If it were a cheese, it would be Swiss. Just as an obvious example, everybody in the whole world, including law enforcement, knows that this guy has a couple of million in stolen loot stashed that he is waiting to get at after he's released. Am I missing something here? In France, after you've done your prison time, is the money you stole now yours to keep and spend as you choose? I would be expecting big problems doing anything with a huge amount of hot cash, since the authorities are going to be watching pretty closely, but this issue is never even raised. There are many other worse holes in the plot too. Still, this film is redeemed due to the fact that the plot, although not as realistic and tight as it could be, is pretty original, not very predictable, and keeps moving without allowing the tension to slacken. Therefore, despite a few reservations, I can recommend this film and still sleep nice and soundly

Bribaba French thriller that moves right along, incrementally closing down your brain as it does so. Albert Dupontel has the face to makes it work as a con on the lam but he's undermined by his nemesis - lady cop Alice Taglioni who looks likes she's just stepped off the catwalk. Her long, luxuriant arms look like they wouldn't trouble a fly of average strength but here they're knocking perps flat out. Even for the French, this is a bit de trop. The rest of the cast are the real deal with everyone playing their part to the hilt. It also looks good and the endless chases are well executed but in most aspects it's blown away by French TV cop shows like Spiral.

david-booth3 I am English and while we once had the knack of making action movies that are believable we have gradually become a poor man's Hollywood. The French have taken the cop show action movie and made it their own. On TV we have the Spiral series and now this. The star is a true indestructible bouncing along on adrenalin and feeling the pain. He is driven by all too human emotion and one wills him on to succeed.France is lucky to have lots of good locations and the driving around fits into the plot rather than being a cheap way to fill in the minutes. This is a simpler story that Luc Besson's Crimson Rivers films but just as suspenseful and exciting. The best film I have seen fie a few years.