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Absolutely the worst movie.

Absolutely Fantastic

The first must-see film of the year.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Over the top thriller with a detective duo on the heels of a serial killer, one a legendary sleuth and the other, a hot blooded rule breaker. Bizarre and gruesome murders high in a glacial mountain community uncover a eugenics conspiracy with a late twist reveal that doesn't feel earned, but typical for the genre. Understated performances by Reno and a handsome Vincent Cassel. Mention must be made of the out of left field fight scene between Cassel and some skinheads, which plays out like a video game complete with ridiculous sound effects. Stakes never feel as high as they should be, but otherwise it's an enjoyable way to pass the time.

I'm not a fan of French movies as a rule, especially over-rated "horror" or thriller flicks - I find them either excruciatingly slow & boring (eg Vanished) or gratuitously violent with no decent plot or common sense - just violent for the sake of it and often with ridiculous tacked on "plot twists" in an effort to appear "clever"(eg Haute Tension). But this one really grabbed me. I'm glad I gave it a chance despite it's "Frenchness". Sure it has some problems towards the end some of which I understand are due to the difficulties of adapting the novel to screen, but I had no problem understanding what was going on. I loved the relationship between the two leads & the interesting way two story lines intersected. The direction & camera work was top notch, great soundtrack that enhanced the atmosphere and terrific acting from the cast. The plot was great too and pretty much everything worked the way it should. It needed a bit more fleshing out & explanation but it's not too obtuse without it. Just feels unfinished.It's a shame the ending is a bit of a let down but it doesn't detract from the movie overall - it's still well worth watching. It just brings it down a few points from what could have been a top rating flick. This is well worth watching for people who enjoy a good thriller, can stand a little gruesomeness but are not interested in pointless slasher movies or self-congratulatory plodding "mysteries". If you can handle the level of "gore" in say Criminal Minds or Silence of the Lambs you should be OK with this one.

It's really depressing to visit Paris and learn that they have rap stars in France. Not that I didn't expect them to be able to rap, but the form is so completely a product of lower income American black culture that it's absurd to find it transplanted wholesale to another culture with different forces at work.As for who requires France to make thrillers as superficial, unsatisfying and failed as our own, I cannot say.The movie Americanizes lowbrow French entertainment to a grotesque degree. It features a plot so convoluted that it makes a viewers ask; what kind of dim-witted secret society stages elaborate murders so as to draw police attention? Rather than offer a clever solution the movie cops out (way out) by invoking ever more absurd scales, that makes one wonder how on earth it can end. But it does end, quite badly, and after our heros have encountered (supposedly) the worst that humanity has to offer, they stick around for an insipid five second closing shot in which they shrug off what for most people (especially the French) would have been cause to ruminate on the sources of mankind's desperation & evil.Instead, they brush it all off with a dumb, hearty laugh... and the credits roll; the same dumb, hearty laugh that ended 90 percent of American cop shows in the 70s. Absurd.

People can comment on camera work, imagery, and acting quality of a film, but all of that does not matter if the writing is...well...crap. Perhaps something was lost in translation here but the film had so many plot holes that bowling balls would fall through it. I wont explain specifics to avoid spoilers but by the time the facts, twists, and the killer was revealed I just didn't care. It was not "Oh my god," but "Ok, sure, whatever." This was due to a poor story development which meanders and looses it's audience, not to mention poor pacing which made it quite anti-climatic.I gave it a five out of 10 because the story had potential, however it was told poorly, acting and imagery aside.One last rant: What was the deal with the transplanted fight scene in the "paintball club?" The choreography there was terrible and did not look real. It appeared to be a feeble attempt at making it seem like an action movie.I know that the french can do better than that, considering "high tension", and "frontiers" to name a few.