Dobermann

Dobermann (1997)

  • 78% of users liked it
    (5,491 ratings)

The seedy, pscyho characters from author Joel Houssin's popular 1980s series of hip French crime novels come to vivid life in this rip roaring actioner. The directorial debut of French/Dutch video maker Jan Kounen, the film presents a super violent, drug ladened world ruled by ultramacho men and… More

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Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Jun 18, 1997 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...[the script] tries way too hard to come off as clever and hip.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Tsubaki S


    It makes some great decisions, then makes some really bad ones. Cassel, Bellucci and Karyo are very well casted, the soundtrack is great. The movie can't make up it's mind if it wants to be a gritty urban thriller or over-the-top action. It tries both, but the script is too… More

  • Adam M


    it continues, the experiment of a generation of filmmakers in France to see who can make characters look most like Muppets -- and, in the case of Dobermann, have less characterization than the Muppet show. The directors will not stop competing for this honor, whether the abstract… More

  • Cassandra M


    Dobermann is one of the best 'live action comic books' ever made, IMO. The characters, the cinematography, the dialogue and the violence all have the comic book 'feel' - ultra-stylised and larger than life, and full of very black humour. The movie is basically… More

  • xGary X


    Daft over-the-top post Tarantino thriller that revels in its own unnecessary and gratuitous violence. It has its moments, but its all a bit tacky, and there is not one likeable character in the whole ugly, noisy affair.

  • Marcus W


    It's all very well trying to copy Taratino, but at least his films had interesting characters, a plot, and style. This is somewhere between Barb Wire and The Crow, only nowhere near as good as either. It's an over-directed mess with not one single character to care about.

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