While watching "Furie", known as "Get In" in English, I was wondering why the French make the best thrillers. I think it's because with thrillers, atmosphere is paramount, and French movies generally privilege atmosphere over most everything else.
"Furie" is no exception. Its atmosphere is tangible for most of the picture. You almost want to look away. It's ugly and uncomfortable, this story of a man in a ghastly situation, having his house taken away by people he had tried to help, and then getting caught up in that Kafkaesque nightmare world of bureaucracy and red tape. It is all too explicable that such a man would find himself in the company of others on the outside looking in.
I felt the movie kind of stumbled in the final act, though. The movie turns into a home invasion type flick, where the bad guys even wear animal masks, proving that the filmmakers have obviously been studying "You're Next". This material is too familiar to be the climax we had been waiting for, but the movie was still pretty good.
I say check it out.
"Furie" is no exception. Its atmosphere is tangible for most of the picture. You almost want to look away. It's ugly and uncomfortable, this story of a man in a ghastly situation, having his house taken away by people he had tried to help, and then getting caught up in that Kafkaesque nightmare world of bureaucracy and red tape. It is all too explicable that such a man would find himself in the company of others on the outside looking in.
I felt the movie kind of stumbled in the final act, though. The movie turns into a home invasion type flick, where the bad guys even wear animal masks, proving that the filmmakers have obviously been studying "You're Next". This material is too familiar to be the climax we had been waiting for, but the movie was still pretty good.
I say check it out.