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To save his brother from the hands of narcos in Medellin, Reda gathers a team to raid the kidnappers in Colombia.To save his brother from the hands of narcos in Medellin, Reda gathers a team to raid the kidnappers in Colombia.To save his brother from the hands of narcos in Medellin, Reda gathers a team to raid the kidnappers in Colombia.
Vincent Bersoulle
- El Colosso
- (as Vincent Bersoullé)
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Franck Gastambide applies the same recipe as his three previous films. But with this film, the result is less successful. Perhaps because certain ingredients are missing: the equivalent of Medi Sadoun's character in Les Kaïra (2012) or Malik Bentalha's in Pattaya (2016) or Taxi 5. Here, he is replaced by the character played by Ramzy Bedia, already present in the two aforementioned films. But it doesn't work, because he's not a source of humor.
This is also due to the subject matter, the drug cartels in Colombia. It's a less interesting subject, as it's been dealt with many times before, and much more brilliantly. A poor choice, then. And that's despite some nice ingredients: Mike Tyson as a trainer or the romantic attribute (Essined Aponte).
Otherwise, Franck Gastambide's talents are still there: a character with logorrheic dialogue, a mix of situational comedy and action sequences that are meant to be, and are, breathtaking, and the dwarf (Anouar Toubali) who brings his variations, much less well integrated here than in Les Kaira or Pattaya. In short, the recipe doesn't work here.
This is also due to the subject matter, the drug cartels in Colombia. It's a less interesting subject, as it's been dealt with many times before, and much more brilliantly. A poor choice, then. And that's despite some nice ingredients: Mike Tyson as a trainer or the romantic attribute (Essined Aponte).
Otherwise, Franck Gastambide's talents are still there: a character with logorrheic dialogue, a mix of situational comedy and action sequences that are meant to be, and are, breathtaking, and the dwarf (Anouar Toubali) who brings his variations, much less well integrated here than in Les Kaira or Pattaya. In short, the recipe doesn't work here.
- norbert-plan-618-715813
- Sep 29, 2023
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Did you know
- TriviaThe texts on the walls in the gym contain many mistakes, but to show how stupid is the owner.
- GoofsHeroes use assault riffles for training but attack the building with hand guns.
- ConnectionsSpoofs Rocky (1976)
- SoundtracksSirius
Written by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons
Performed by The Alan Parsons Project
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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