Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: May 26, 2005 Wide
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Euro screen legends Gérard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil star, respectively, as French cops Denis Klein and Leo Vrinks, in Olivier Marchal's tough-as-steel policier 36 Quai des Orfevres. The story unravels at the titular Parisian police headquarters, where Klein (who heads up the department's anti-crime unit) and Vrinks (who manages the "search and action squad") go head-to-head -- competing with one another not only to succeed their boss, but to be the first to solve an ongoing series of
May 26, 2005 Wide
Séville Pictures
All Critics (8) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (0) | DVD (7)
Recupera algo de la tradición del cine policial francés, sobre todo en su tensión y ritmo narrativo.
Director and co-writer Marchal creates an extremely intense atmosphere and ensures that things are constantly moving in unexpected directions.
A gritty and darkly disturbing thriller about cops and thugs.
Former police officer Olivier Marchal has directed a beautifully acted, shot and scored cop thriller that is a very worthy addition to France's near domination of the genre.
Based on certain real life events or stories from a real cops career and directed by that said ex-cop sure means this is gonna be realistic or you hope it would be. You really get a vibe of 'Heat' here with this, the French version, a very solid tense story that weaves in and out with a few sub plots going on and many
October 1, 2011Super Reviewer
AKA: 36th Precinct--A French police thriller, full of mean-spirited rivalry and rampant cop corruption. Well done enough to peak my interest. What do famous French actors do when they get older and fatter? I guess they star in movies like this to give the movie some appeal.
June 20, 2011Super Reviewer
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