Dobermann

R

Released Jul 1, 1998

1h 43m

Action

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63%

8 Reviews

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80%

5,000+ Ratings

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A crook known as Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) has a soft spot for guns, and he loves using them -- especially to rob banks. Flanked by his deaf but equally violent lover Nat the Gipsy (Monica Bellucci), plus a brutal and bizarre pack of fellow thieves, Dobermann pulls off a tricky job that results in the death of police officers. After the heist, the group is pursued by the rogue cop Cristini (Tcheky Karyo), who spits bile and will stop at nothing to take down the gang.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Not for sensitive dispositions.

Rated: 3/5

May 13, 2022

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

The hyperactive pop video aesthetic has dated a bit, and the crash zooms and the extreme close-ups are tiring, but there’s no doubting the ultraviolent, ultratasteless energy of it all...

Rated: 3/5

May 11, 2022

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Joel Fisher

Battle Royale With Cheese

Besides the fast-paced shootouts with pumping music, there’s little else that stays in the memory.

May 20, 2022

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

Remains a pulpy and lurid crime portrait which benefits from a fantastic cast and imaginative action sequences.

May 13, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…Dobermann is well worth this 25th anniversary revival; it’s glamorous, gruesome, dangerous, immoral, and a pretty good watch if you’re in the mood for something transgressive…

Rated: 4/5

May 11, 2022

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

... is a must see for its sheer levels of craziness coupled with good acting and to see a young Cassel and Bellucci blow stuff and people up.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Dobermann (Vincent Cassel, Black Swan) got his first gun at his baptism. Now, he leads a gang of bank robbers, made up of his knife-throwing deaf girlfriend Nat the Gypsy (Monica Bellucci!), Olivier who is also a woman named Sonia, Pitbull and even a priest who likes to put grenades into the helmets of motorcycle cops. A sadistic cop named Christini (Tchéky Karyo) has been chasing Dobermann for what seems like an eternity and he decides that this will be the night he catches him. He sets up an ambush in a club as the gang celebrates their latest bank robbery and his methods are even worse than the villains. This film may have an opening CGI animation that looks dated and sure, it's highly influenced by Tarantino, but it's packed with action and incredibly cool villains as protagonists. There's been a sequel planned for a long time and I hope that it gets made. If you're into gunplay set to music by Prodigy, I mean, you really should watch this. I also realize that this is a very small subgenre of action film fans, but so it goes. Director Jan Kounen and Cassel would go on to make Blueberry, which is based on the comic books by Jean "Moebius" Giraud. That makes sense, as this film is also based on a comic book by Joel Houssin.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Silliness but with plenty of action melds a Luc Besson like humor with Guy Ritchie like execution; Cassel and Bellucci make for a fun duo

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Another fantastic film of Monica Bellucci... You should see it...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Ultra-stylised violent crime thriller. Slick, sexy and silly with a pumping soundtrack.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Not a classic by any stretch but it is completely mental and entertaining. It has a kind of 'Natural Born Killers' feel about it and as with most films from this era, it is heavily influenced by Tarantino. Serious set of charlies on Bellucci. Tcheky Karyo is the detective hunting the gang, and in the process is a sick fucking bastard.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

17 ans que je n'avais pas revu ce film ! A l'epoque je n'avais pas aime. A part la rea plutot pas mal et Karyo en bad cop, le reste ne vaut pas grand chose.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Jan Kounen

Director

Vincent Cassel

Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann

Tchéky Karyo

Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini

Monica Bellucci

Nathalie

Antoine Basler

Jean-Claude Ayache, dit Moustique

Dominique Bettenfeld

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Synopsis

A crook known as Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) has a soft spot for guns, and he loves using them -- especially to rob banks. Flanked by his deaf but equally violent lover Nat the Gipsy (Monica Bellucci), plus a brutal and bizarre pack of fellow thieves, Dobermann pulls off a tricky job that results in the death of police officers. After the heist, the group is pursued by the rogue cop Cristini (Tcheky Karyo), who spits bile and will stop at nothing to take down the gang.

Director: Jan Kounen
Screenwriter: Joel Houssin
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video (BVHV), Polygram, Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Noé Productions, Le Studio Canal +, PolyGram Audiovisuel, France 3 Cinéma, La Chauve Souris
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 1, 1998, Wide
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround