Rivals (Les Liens du sang)

Rivals (Les Liens du sang) (2008)

  • 69% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (309 ratings)

Jacques Maillot's psychological drama Les Liens du sang observes the tense and fragile days following a difficult reunion between two very different siblings. François (Guillaume Canet) is a police inspector who spent years forcibly estranged from his issue-laden brother Gabriel (François Cluzet),… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By
Jacques Maillot
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure
On DVD
Jun 16, 2009
Equinoxe Films

Critic Reviews

  • Mike Edwards, What Culture

    Why remake a decade?

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...an absorbing crime thriller.

  • Rosamund Witcher, Empire Magazine

    The setting is a Paris packed with tight leather jackets, big hair and foxy girls, and the action, sex and family drama make for an enjoyable ride. Unfortunately, the denouement is frustratingly abrupt.

  • David Jenkins, Time Out

    This frisky if long-winded and derivative French policier never gets off the starting-blocks despite some charismatic performances and intriguingly executed set-pieces.

  • Trevor Johnston, Film4

    Although it draws on a real-life memoir, this Gallic crime drama never really gets going. There's potential in the tension between a wavering ex-con and his cop sibling, but the actors seem to have been cast the wrong way round.

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  • Jonny C


    Good movie. Les Liens du sang is a French crime drama set in the 70's about two brothers one a cop, the other an ex-con just released from prison after doing ten years for murder. I loved the stylish direction and the authentic camera work. The acting was top drawer throughout… More

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