La Mentale: The Code (2004)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 15
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 10
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Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 26
Movie Info
Upon his release from prison, hardened criminal Dris (Samuel Le Bihan) sets out to eschew his past life and live a peaceful, crime-free existence with his girlfriend. Unfortunately, Dris's cousin Yanis (Samy Naceri) has plans to entangle him in a variety of illicit activities, and attempts to coax the ex-con back into a lawless existence. Now a powerful mob boss, Yanis has longed for his cousin's release for years, firmly believing that together they can rule the crime-strewn streets of their
Feb 13, 2004 Wide
May 11, 2004
Samuel Goldwyn Films
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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)
Think of The Code as an episode of The Sopranos stripped of humor or much insight.
Top CriticEvery time Yanis leaves the screen, our interest lags.
A fumbling tribute to the philosophical French gangster films of the 1950's.
A routine gangster picture with a lot of internecine turf wars and a rush of angry dialogue being spat about, accompanied by English subtitles.
A boring and violent French crime thriller.
The atmospheric, richly detailed La Mentale has terrific vitality with its volatile mixture of alternating camaraderie and savagery.
[Samuel Le Bihan] should have Hollywood at his feet.... He's more the French Liam Neeson than the next Olivier Martinez.
Unpredictable deviations from the formula ... keep the film interesting.
Just a bunch of idiots killing other idiots. You've seen it before.
This hack job simply apes the conventions of dumb, homegrown crime dramas.
If the plot comes off more like a reworking of Scorsese's tales of Italian-American mobsters, Boursinhac nevertheless shows a sure hand with his story.
Not only is The Code visually unexciting, it doesn't seem to have a discernable point beyond trying to set up an elaborate shoot-out.
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