Renato D
I enjoyed this film very much. Awesome!!!!
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
05/21/23
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T T
I actually thought that this movie was a lot of fun to watch. While the movie concept itself is not new, it's still an entertaining movie. During the first 30 minutes, there were a couple of times where there were dark humorous situations that made me crack up. The movie is not entirely predictable or boring, as one review suggested. It has a couple of twists and turns of its own. Just don't have overly high expectations and don't take it too seriously and overanalyze it and you'll enjoy this French movie.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/03/23
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Sherlock H
This French remake of a South Korean action thriller follows the classic structure of the action movie, including the fact that in the first few minutes something horrible, shocking or inexplicable happens that sets off the adventure -- in this instance, a fatal car crash. Our antihero is a police lieutenant named Thomas Blin, played with knitted eyebrow intensity by Franck Gastambide -- good looking in a short, bearded, bald guy sort of way. Most of the other actors are as forgettable as the plot, but then again, nobody stands out as being terrible. For an action thriller, there isn't a ton of action or thrills. The story is predictable, but still, it feels somewhat believable. It's tightly directed, cleanly edited and mercifully short.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
08/04/22
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harris r
The French give me the crêpes. *slaps knee* Apparently this is the French remake of a Korean film, A Hard Day. French cinematographer Régis Blondeau makes his writing and directing debut with this film, and considering it's his first film, it wasn't all that bad. His directing was decent, but his writing had continuity issues, was convoluted, and the slow pacing made the normally comfortable 95 min runtime feel like over 2 hours. Otherwise the little action there was, was solid, with great casting and performances. It's a decent one-time watch if your craving a cop/crime thriller.
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/31/23
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Gabriel S
Sans Répit (Restless, in the USA) uses a common formula to drive its plot: a dirty cop covers up his dirty deed and gets threatened by a witness. We follow Thomas, a lieutenant from the Criminal District, whose following hours are a mess. Talk about getting into one problem after problem. When Thomas thinks he is done with one, he stumbles into another problem.
The movie is alright, but you won't find anything new here. This dirty cop's redemption story has been done multiple times.
Thomas' district is corrupt, including himself. It is implied that they do it because of their low salaries. They take bribes to allow criminal activities. There is this one subplot where Internal Affairs is investigating the policemen, but this subplot gets dismissed for the master plot. The master plot is that Thomas ended up in a messy situation, and now someone is threatening him. But Thomas is kinda dumb, and this, to me, is the main problem in this movie: the main character is not likable.
Throughout the movie, we see Thomas jumping from mess to mess like a frightened kitten. I don't mind that he is a dirty cop; it makes for a cool redemption plot if done right, but this movie does not hit the spot for me. The relationship between Thomas and his friend, Marc, is not used in the movie, but rather when it is convenient. The reason is a stupid fight about one talking about one's mom while the other replies about one's wife. So you are left with dumb Thomas trying to cover up his mess while also trying to get on top of the guy that is using him.
Thomas' plan to hide his mess was such a dumb and tense scene that I was not sure what was I watching. There were so many different ways he could cover up his stuff; instead, he goes with the most non-sense one. It was obvious that that would backfire.
Close to the end of the movie, you, of course, get Mister Expositional Guy explaining the whole plot. The one dude that knows everything. I guess plots nowadays are like this: you get a situation that evolves into a complicated line. Then, you get one loose end that connects all the dots at once. And then you need a final scene to wrap it all up. The first Fantastic Beasts movie is exactly like that; this movie is too.
Was it bad? Nope. Was it good? Nope. I guess it's one movie to watch once if you have nothing better to do (or watch.)
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
06/13/22
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Audience Member
Um ótimo remake da versão sul-coreana, o ponto alto do filme é a história genial e o roteiro ágil, criando situações angustiantes e absurdas, com reviravoltas imprevisíveis, claro que o sul-coreano torna-se superior não só pela qualidade técnica mas por todo o efeito surpresa e uma experiência muito gratificante, mas nessa versão tentaram ser bem fiel ao original que já era muito bom... Excelente remake...
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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