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MCT:April 10, 2008
I figured--hey, a Luc Besson film for three bucks? How can you go wrong with that? I have a masochistic appreciation for Christophe (no r!) Lambert's strange style of acting (mostly fostered by his most famous role as Connor MacLeod) so this was an easy choice for me.
Knowing the variations that exist in Besson's films (which include, if you don't know, The Fifth Element, Léon (aka The Professional), Nikita (aka La Femme Nikita), and Le Grand Bleu) I had no idea what I was in for when I decided to watch this. I knew a chunk of Besson's work, Lambert's and even Adjani's, but didn't know much of anything about this film. Fred (Lambert) is a thief who has recently stolen sensitive materials from Héléna (Adjani) and her husband and hides himself in the Paris Métro, ransoming the documents for money, or so his notes and calls claim, but in fact to gain time alone with Héléna. He forms strange bonds with existing occupants of the underground like "The Roller Skater" (Jean-Hughes Anglade), a purse snatcher who is never seen out of his roller skates and various (eventual) band members with no real names--including Jean Reno as "the drummer" (seen constantly with a pair of drumsticks playing rhythms on whatever is at hand). Fred is trying to bring Héléna out of the upper class world she lives in and down into his, showing her the reckless joy of it over the stifled monetary plateaus of what she knows. She is resistant to this, but her husband is moreso, and all must deal with Inspector Gesberg (Michel Galabru) and his subordinates "Batman" (Jean-Pierre Bacri) and "Robin" (Jean-Claude Lecas), who are all trying to keep order in the Métro despite the anarchistic attempts of Fred and his compatriots. "Batman" is obsessed with the apprehension of the Roller Skater, even when Gesberg assigns him to something more important.
I am actually not completely sure what I thought of this film. I did find that Lambert works a lot better in his native tongue, not needing to wrestle words through his French accent--or, heaven forbid, more layered even on top of that--and able then to manage both the physical and the verbal. He's just as aloof, mischievous and passionate as his character should be in the role, dancing (in a metaphorical sense...mostly) and charming his way into and through everyone, sometimes honestly, sometimes not. Adjani complements this very well with the stilted, upturned nose and posture of her class, the stubbornness of her clinging to the spoiled life undermined by her desire for freedom. Galabru's wise and clever elder lawman position is an archetype that serves his role as well, giving us that person who may be on the side of our protagonist, or not--who may, in fact, be a good man with a distaste for said character.
It is, I will note, beautifully filmed, with the cover showing the fantastic shot of Lambert with a hand-held flourescent bulb lighting the majority of the scene he's in, and with a score by Besson collaborator Eric Serra accounting for an interestingly bass and synth heavy, gated drums, very, very eighties score that culminates in a performance by the band that Fred puts together from the various people hiding in and around the Métro which sets the scene for the ending just right.
Still, something was very detached and didn't quite gel in my interaction with the film, and that leaves me at a loss for the moment as to my feelings being positive or simply neutral. -
MCT:June 18, 2007Probably the worst movie I've ever seen. What's happening? Who are these people? Why are they doing this stuff?
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MCT:May 16, 2007Ok o realizador é bom e a realização assim o prova mas o conceito do filme e o argumento?????? Parecia que não existia nenhuma ideia e que resolveram: "bora lá fazer um filme no metro e ver o que é que dá." Por acaso tinha expectativas em relação ao mesmo mas não sei se o tivesse visto na sua época se a opinião não seria outra. duas estrela uma pela realização outra pelo Jean Reno bués novinho e a tocar bateria AHAHAHA.
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MCT:February 25, 2007A french cult film classic, that made a number of actors famous for the first time: such as Jean Reno, Isabella Adjani and Christopher Lambert.
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MCT:February 9, 2007Absolute classic. It's in French (don't bother with any dubbed version) but that just adds to it.
The story is a bit naff on it's own, but the way Luc Besson has made this film - it's absolutely brilliant.
The music (by Eric Serra) is excellent, and it fits the film - eg when the scene changes you get a busker who is actually playing the background music !!
Also, if you're a bass player, you'll love the music as Eric Serra is both a bass player and plays the part of the bass player in the film. One of the few film soundtracks that actually makes a good album - and it's nearly all instrumental. -
MCT:January 27, 2007
One word conquers me as I watch this stupid mess from one of France's leading filmmakers...
That word is "incompetence."
Everything about this film reeks incompetence; from the poor editing, off performances and lacking direction (once again, from Besson of all people) to the inappropriate score, complete and utter missing sentiments and crappy screenplay driving this crime of a movie.
I never did like Lambert much, but this performance reminds me of how his acting relies on sneers, grunts, blank stares and "looking cool" to garner him recognition he does not deserve.
Avoid, at all possible costs. A French film that denies France the ability to ascend itself to the artistic heights it claims to dwell upon. -
MCT:January 21, 2007This movie is quirky and unique style and difficult to understand. Isabelle Adjani is really gorgeous.
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MCT:April 25, 2006
A very classy fantasy following the story of a robber, who ends up living in the fantastical world of the Paris Metro. Great characters, good humour, and an amazing fantastical world. I wish the London Underground was as interesting ;)
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