The Crimson Rivers
The Crimson Rivers
The Crimson Rivers
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Mathieu KassovitzZdjęcia:
Thierry ArbogastMuzyka:
Bruno CoulaisObsada:
Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Flamand, François Levantal, Francine Bergé (więcej)Opisy(1)
Komisarz Pierre Niemans zostaje ściągnięty z Paryża do podalpejskiej miejscowości, w której dokonano okrutnego mordu. Równocześnie nowy porucznik lokalnej policji, Kerkerian, ma zająć się sprawą profanacji grobu dziewczynki, która dwadzieścia lat wcześniej zginęła w wypadku samochodowym. Okazuje się, że te pozornie niepowiązane ze sobą sprawy ściśle się łączą. (Paramount Channel)
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Perfectly dark atmosphere that can only be maintained until the evidence starts to emerge. Reno and Cassel are great on their own, but the chase with the killer through the apartment really tests the nerves. However, as mystery begins to entangle, everything starts to creak, and after the snowy finale, a bitter taste remains.
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It's not bad... In my opinion, Mathieu Kassovitz has managed to very decently dilute the classic action style of decent American editing and the classic French conversational detective story, whilst also not feeling as primly funny as the director of the second film, Olivier Dahan, when trying to evoke a dark atmosphere. Jean Reno and his partner Vincent Cassel get enough space, and Vincent only disappointed me with one thing... he is not as sympathetic as his book counterpart. And that is actually the problem of The Crimson Rivers. Compared to the book, they don't have even half the tension and secrets, the trick with murders comes too soon, and the characters spew the entire deduction at us in confusion in the middle of a car chase. Well, a film is not a book, we all know that, but the adaptation to the script just has a lot of issues... and the "spectacular" and amateurish finale is proof of that. In the book, the awkwardness is somehow lost, but here it hits us over the head mainly thanks to the absolute overacting by Nadia Fares... If you haven’t read the book, you will like The Crimson Rivers a lot, and if you have, you will be somewhat disappointed. But formally, everything is completely fine.
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Kassovitz successfully conveys the dark atmosphere, and Reno and Cassel are charismatic enough to pull the whole film off just fine. But there are some moments, or rather, entire scenes that are so blatantly ripped-off of Se7en that it’s almost embarrassing. The ending is also contrived and full of clichés. It’s a pity, without that it would have been a very good thriller.
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The first part of the free trilogy of crime thrillers associated with the name of Jean Reno as an investigator of brutal crimes is still a fairly decent film, although it cannot deny the weaknesses that sank the following two sequels. The screenplay is incomplete and clearly does not bother too much with logic in favor of visually striking images and shocking revelations. Additionally, it is clearly inspired by successful overseas thrillers, led by the famous Seven. The attempt to approach Fincher's directorial style is evident from a series of specific scenes. The result is an uneven film with an uncertain ending, but nevertheless, it cannot be denied that it has a number of visually appealing moments and a dark, albeit fluctuating atmosphere. Overall impression: 55%.
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The subject matter is very enticing, the actors are excellent, the atmosphere is as sharp as a French guillotine for most of the time and, most importantly, the entire first half is the most stylish, chilling and impressive thriller since Fincher's Se7en. But, as much as the beginning thrilled me and the amazing atmosphere, together with the disgusting murders, burrowed deep under my skin, the second half, with its inconsistency and steep decline of creativity, made me feel like a little boy who has believed in Santa Claus all his childhood and finally learns that everything is completely different. Yet I might have forgiven everything if the filmmakers had come up with a quality and meaningful conclusion that would have put me back in the right mood and left me with my mouth open least as much as the great opening. Alas, what finally happened on the screen, I would like to cut it out of the film for good, burn it and throw the ashes into a lake somewhere, because it literally brought the whole thing and its strongly depressing atmosphere down a peg. I can't say that The Crimson Rivers a is a disappointment, but I'm very annoyed with how the filmmakers managed to screw up such a good film with such excellent actors. At least it showed once again how unmatched the aforementioned Se7en is in the genre.
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