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florian-schmitt
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Nom de code: DP (2005)
Great Actors, some flaws
The main actors (Anne Brochet, Maher Kamoun, Asil Raïs) are playing impressive: Anne Brochet as Secret Service Officer, often unsure about how to proceed, often quite lonely as acting on her own, in a certain way dependent on Leon who himself needs her but is angry on her in the same moment. That fragile relationship is developed and displayed in a brilliant and convincing way.
Sadly, at the end of the thrilling movie, the scenario looses credibility. (Caution, spoilers following!) Bilal, the Terrorist, collapses because of his injury at the room where he wants to introduce the gas into the ventilation system. How did he manage to pass the entrance controls at the gates in his critical state? A few moments later, a little boy following his rolling soccer ball discovers Bilal. How did the boy manage to enter the "catacombs" of the stadium where Bilal needed a key to get there?
But the worst point are the last words Bilal speaks in the movie: After his characterization as fanatic and idealistic terrorist, it's completely nonsense that he asks (firstly!) for the result of the soccer game he tried to attack. He simply can't be interested in that after all the development of his character throughout the movie. Quite artificially and puzzling,too, is the final scene where Natalie returns home (caution, spoiler!) revealing that she has a husband and children. This doesn't match with the picture of her and has no clear message: Should one think that her life is in reality not as sad as shown, or that she's the lonesome person _instead_ of having a nice home, husband and family? There's definitely too much surprise in the end.