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Simply A Masterpiece

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

22 BULLETS (aka THE IMMORTAL) is based on the true story -- but doesn't let that hold it back. After Jean Reno gets the titular 22 cases of lead poisoning he understandably comes out of retirement for revenge. So yeah, he's a 'good' gangster (no drugs) and the story hits familiar beats (it's just a matter of time until someone in his family gets kidnapped) but it's still a slick piece of entertainment that lives off Reno's weary stare. Sometimes he comes across as too much of a machine (even a paralysed arm barely seems to slow him down) and there's a predictability to the way in which he has to hunt down the eight gunmen who shot him but the Mediterranean locations are gorgeous, the violence is suitably furious and there's lots of great actors in the supporting cast (who wouldn't sit shiva for the widowed Jewish cop-ess?).

This movie is bad. I had a bad premonition from the opening scenes with Jean Reno driving around with lots of attention to cliché opera and an obnoxious little kid...the Yuppie PC red lights started to blink.I was not wrong...corny shot after corny shot--this movie is flat out bad almost so bad as to be funny....the only thing that makes it kind of bearable is it is filmed so close up it provides some interest in the camera angles. That's it.The story? Gangster trying to retire is gunned down but he lives and goes after the other gangsters who now deal in drugs---apparently he feels that is immoral.AVOID

This film starts with great promise. It has a decent cast, it's well acted and well shot. We know we're looking at a revenge film, but at first it appears that it will at least be an original and interesting take on the genre with some insights into the French criminal underworld. After 45 minutes it becomes glaringly obvious that this is unfortunately not the case.Our protagonist is a retired mob figure and loving family man who is shot 22 times by 8 masked gunmen and survives. He then goes on a hunt to take down each of the 8 shooters as well as the man who ordered the hit. Cue, horrifically clichéd dialogue, and a plot as formulaic as an episode of Sex and The City. If there was a little comic relief or if it was all played a little more tongue in cheek, this would have offset the frankly patronising predictability of the plot and the awful dialogue, the likes of which Arnie would have laughed at for being too cheesy.Jean Reno is very watchable as always, and there are at least some reasonable chase sequences. The films biggest problem is its inconsistency. I'm always happy to sit down to a good old adrenaline pumping gruesome gangster flick, but this films spends half its time trying to do serious drama which only makes the other half even more laughable.

I have to say I'm not a fan of Besson's productions, but this one is a good surprise. If you're looking for a very clever plot, forget it. But if you want to enjoy beautiful views of the glorious city of Marseille and have a thrill at the gangster's atmosphere it used to live in, this is the one. Jean Reno is solid like usual, Kad Merad -such a good actor- doesn't find his comfort zone in the bad guy, Marina Fois is brilliant, what on earth is Richard Berry doing in his own movie where his role has no impact? Overall a good moment, not Borsalino or French connection, but i definitely recommend it. If you want to see more of this mysterious city, try to locate the following titles: Comme un aimant, Taxi, Un ange, FC 1 and 2, Borsalino 1 and 2, movies with Raimu...