The Crimson Rivers
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Movie Reviews of The Crimson Rivers
Movie Review: It's O.K.
Summary: 4 Stars
I like Reno in most movies and thats why I bought this one, I don't think it is as good as some say on here, but it is very entertaining, one problem was the English translation was way off, it may not mean much to some but to my wife it was hard to follow..and then the end was sorta a farce,, certainly could of ended better with more reality.Movie Review: Directory Comentary in 4 Stars
Ok Ok I know this is a french film. But when I switched to the comentar track it is also in french. AM I missing somthing is there a english comentar track and I cant find it. Or do I have to go get an english/french dictionaryMovie Review: Directory Comentary in 4 Stars
Ok Ok I know this is a french film. But when I switched to the comentar track it is also in french. AM I missing somthing is there a english comentar track and I cant find it. Or do I have to go get an english/french dictionaryMovie Review: Not bad at all.
Summary: 4 Stars
French movie industry is not all about black & white artsy fartsy. This movie proves it one more time. Grange's bestseller was great, and this movie tries and catches some of its athmosphere.Movie Review: Ultra-commercial Gallic thriller
Summary: 3 Stars
CRIMSON RIVERS
[Les Rivieres Pourpres]
(France - 2000)
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Panavision)
Theatrical soundtracks: Dolby Digital / DTS
The discovery of a corpse in the French Alps brings together two high-powered police investigators (Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel) - both working on apparently separate cases sixty miles apart - in search of a serial killer whose crimes are linked to a forgotten tragedy and a mysterious university steeped in blood and horror...
Ultra-commercial thriller from director Mathieu Kassovitz (LA HAINE), teaming Gallic superstars Reno and Cassel in a high-concept exploration of human callousness and depravity, reminiscent of similarly-styled murder mysteries like SE7EN and MESSIAH. Not as gruesome as those offerings, but certainly as sober, CRIMSON RIVERS - based on the novel by Jean-Christophe Grange - locates its horrors within the panoramic grandeur of the French Alps (gorgeous widescreen cinematography by Luc Besson's regular DP Thierry Arbogast), loaning the film an intense cinematic quality, typical of recent European blockbusters. Kassovitz keeps his camera moving at all times, maintaining a breathless pace as the protagonists wade through an accumulation of clues and details, some of which may elude less attentive viewers, and Maryline Monthieux's razor-sharp editing keeps the pot boiling throughout.
Reno and Cassel are perfectly cast in the role of mismatched detectives, each dedicated to the task at hand, each using very different methods to solve the mystery unfolding around them. Dynamic set-pieces include an Argentoesque confrontation with the killer following the discovery of a murder victim arranged in ghoulish splendor, resulting in pursuit across an icy landscape at midnight, and a thrilling night-time car chase on a lonely mountain road, conceived and executed with genuine visual flair. The film's climactic revelations are so convoluted as to be virtually impenetrable, but the finale is suitably explosive, and even if you're able to guess the killer's identity before he/she is unmasked, screenwriters Kassovitz and Grange have more than one surprise up their sleeve during the closing sequence...
Followed by CRIMSON RIVERS II: ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE (2003).