Directed by:
Eric BarbierCinematography:
Jérôme RobertComposer:
Renaud BarbierCast:
Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian, Ольга Куриленко, Gérald Laroche, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Jean Topart, Véronique Kapoyan (more)Plots(1)
Vincent Mandel is in the middle of an ugly divorce and fighting for custody of his children. His troubled existence is blown apart by the appearance of Plender, a predator motivated by pure hatred of former classmate Vincent, hungry for vengeance. Blackmail, kidnap, murder... Vincent is driven into hell and left with only one desperate hope - fighting Plender at his own deadly game. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
The problem with this film lies not in working with a worn-out plot that has been used a hundred times - after all, the motive of hatred and revenge is eternal - it's rather that in an effort to achieve proper effects, it pushes too hard, forgets about logic, and drowns itself in genre clichés. From the escape from the judicial palace, the game that started promisingly becomes an increasingly stronger spasm, burying the decent casting (in some cases going against established role types - see the sympathetic performance of Pierre Richard). Overall impression: 40%.
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