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It was on ShowtimeThey even went the laziest route possible and used the same script
Is it on a streaming site tho? Ive wanted to check it out for a minute
The acting was horrible
It was on ShowtimeThey even went the laziest route possible and used the same script
Is it on a streaming site tho? Ive wanted to check it out for a minute
It wouldn't be an edition of IFFR if a new Johnnie To movie wasn't there (same goes for Takashi Miike, more on that later this week) so here we are with Three. A robber who was shot in the head during a police action is brought into a hospital, where he refuses surgery even though the bullet in the head will kill him in hours. A female doctor whose position has been compromised as the result of having botched her last couple of surgeries pleas to get him to take the surgery, while a hard boiled cop who doesn't exactly have clean hands himself is more concerned with interrogating him to find out the location of his partners before he dies. This strange combination of a cat & mouse game with hospital melodrama (involving way too seriously shot surgery scenes and technical medical terms) is only made stranger by the addition of tons of silly (slapstick) humor involving bumbling fat cops, confused head trauma patients and whatnot. Meanwhile the movie builds up to the inevitable moment the robber's partners come for him, climaxing in the most ridiculous slow-motion shootout scene you'll probably ever see in your life. The result is pure nonsense with no consistent tone whatsoever, but it's also wildly enjoyable if you shut your brain off at the door.
One of the themes of this year's IFFR is the resurgence of the hard-hitting French cop/crime flick, once a hallmark of 70s film making, and as such there are many screenings of famous French cop flicks from the past 15 years or so. 36 Quai Des Orfèvres (from 2004) falls right into that lane, depicting the rivalry between two policemen (Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu), both hunting a group of armed robbers as the person who catches them is next in line for a big promotion. Both men play against the rules and use unethical methods, but soon it becomes clear that one of them is far more ruthless than the other and there is more than a promotion at stake. It's a film full of maddening violence and dirty politics, so hard-boiled that it's almost overcooked, and in its rawness overcomes its occasional ridiculousness. Also noteworthy, director Oliver Marchal is a former policeman, and the movie is dedicated to a policeman who died during a police action, which makes you wonder how much of the movie's content might be closer to real life than you think.
One of the Americans involved in Black Hawk Down (the actual event, not the movie) graduated from the school I currently work for.
One of the Americans involved in Black Hawk Down (the actual event, not the movie) graduated from the school I currently work for.
Well, 36 Quai Des Orfèvres is from 2004 so you should be able to find it. It's internationally known as 36th Precinct or just 36.Want to see em both. No idea if or when I'll be able to