The interest lies in the two squabbling police departments busy trying to get each other and passers by killed in the hunt for a gun toting organised crime gang led by crime boss Sarlat. All the police are pretty amoral even Brasseur and Jobert, though they have some charm too of course and end up in the sack together despite being on different sides of the police divide. Jobert looks fantastic. She also takes on the role of Delilah to Brasseur's Samson to some extent. Why, why, why Delilah.
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One very good french crime movie.
searchanddestroy-17 December 2009
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I am surprised that no user has commented it yet. Especially the famous IMDb DB Dumonteil. Very faithful user and very good too. I salute him. This film was one of the last real crime movie, gangster vs cops, before a long long time. Before the arrival of the great Olivier Marschall, twenty years later. The story reminds me 36, QUAI DES ORFEVRES or even COLT 45. The story of the war between two police force flying squads. A war in which all tricks, cheats, hits ans strikes are allowed to destroy the other. You wonder who the enemy is: the gangsters of the colleagues, the fellow officers. The characters are pretty well described, you feel empathy for them. You understand their feelings. It's a dark story. Very sad and bitter as I love.
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