La sirène rouge (2002)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Olivier Megaton

Writers:

Alain Berliner (written by)
Robert Conrath (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 2002 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Action

Plot:

Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Mother | Paris | Police Station | Mercenary

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr	...	Hugo
Asia Argento	...	Anita
Frances Barber	...	Eva
Andrew Tiernan	...	Koesler
Alexandra Negrão	...	Alice
Edouard Montoute	...	Oliveira
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Vitali
Johan Leysen	...	Travis
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Lucas
Carlo Brandt	...	Vondt
François Levantal	...	Sorvan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Mitja
Antonio Calpi
João Pedro Cary	...	Child
Celia Charpentier
Patrick Fontana	...	Policeman reception
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	Julian (as Stéphane Guérin-Tillié)
Rui Jesus
Ivan Marevich	...	Mitslav
Sofia Reis
Carlos Rodrigues
Joe Sheridan
Velibor Topic
Omer Husnu Turat	...	Hitman

Also Known As:

The Red Siren (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Carrasqueira, Portugal

Company:

Haut et Court

Astoundingly bad

Another train wreck of an action movie (sort of) from the Besson stable... A totally ridiculous storyline about a girl on the run from her superpowerful mother who is evil incarnate (and makes sure everyone knows it all the tile). The girl gets help from a nice mercenary, who takes her to find her missing presumed dead father in Portugal. Acting is generally dreadful (and given the international cast, it's obvious that many actors have been dubbed - badly). There's no rhythm to the story : the first major action sequence occurs more than halfway into the film. And the second and final major action sequence is a ridiculously choreographed fistfight (without Hong Kong influences, for once). Dialogue is dreadful, the psychology is beyond unbelievable, major coincidences are necessary to keep the plot going... It's amazing that 5 people (including the original author AND science fiction great Norman Spinrad) were involved in writing this turkey. The opening part of the film is visually striking but as things go on, style is forgotten. I guess director Olivier Megaton should change his (pen?)name to Olivier Megadud... He's probably quite good at making videoclips or commercials but shows absolutely no talent for storytelling or working with actors. Which means he's perfect for Joel Silver's upcoming projects! Quick, someone call Hollywood!!!