Even at its excessive length it is well done and worth seeing.
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05/03/03
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:54
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: Melville is at the top of his game, giving us his next-to-last entry into the world of deception, crime, and extreme suspense that made him a maestro of the French heist genre.
Theatrical Release:Jan 10, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle... [More]
Starring: Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Reviews for Le Cercle Rouge
A minor classic, mainly for reasons besides its crime story plot -- namely, the urbane fatalism of its cast and the overall mood of inevitability that hangs over every scene.
05/02/03
Top CriticAn accomplished caper film.
05/02/03
Cercle's set piece -- which arrives well beyond the midpoint -- never has the carat-weight of the gem mounted in the middle of Rififi, but once it has turned that corner, the movie begins to soar.
05/01/03
Top CriticEnthrallingly retro-cool.
04/27/03
Top CriticMore than anything else, Le Cercle Rouge reminds us that when it comes to these sort of roles, it’s the criminal that matters, not the crime.
04/25/03
It is not one of the crime master's very best, but it is so much better than most of what we are seeing now.
04/18/03
There are unforgettable tableaux of movement, meticulously executed with wordless cool.
04/11/03
Witty chatter and cool atmospherics may be familiar stuff to anyone who has watched a crime movie or three. But this is where this kind of business began.
04/11/03
Top CriticA dazzling epic of love, guns, gangsters and cigarettes.
03/13/03
The movie wraps itself around you like a pleasurably constricting vise, so that long before its climactic heist ... you find yourself rapt, on the edge of your seat, unable to blink.
03/13/03
Watching the movie, one is afraid to make the slightest sound for fear of betraying the stealthy criminals onscreen.
03/13/03
Top CriticThe antidote to every square tough-guy caper you've ever seen, and the inspiration for many great ones.
03/01/03
Top CriticIn addition to political exiles like Dassin, France had been developing home-grown talent for a number of years.
02/11/03
Henri Decae's (1915-1987) marvelously precise cinematography, inspiringly attuned to Melville's tragic vision of the lives and deaths of the most stoical criminals in the noir genre, is alone worth the price of admission.
01/17/03
Top CriticHolds its own with other movies of its type.
01/11/03
Le Cercle Rouge offers the kind of experience that makes you glad movies exist.
01/10/03
Top CriticThis is a transitional film that makes way for a 'New Wave' of crime films soon to follow.
01/08/03
The elegantly functional script pivots on a neat series of reversals and chance intersections.
01/07/03
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According to at least one news site, Orlando Bloom, Chow Yun Fat, and Liam Neeson are starring in a remake of the 1970 French film The Red Circle for director Johnny To. More...
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