La sirène rouge (2002)

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 | Police Station | Mercenary | Interrogation | Lisbon Portugal

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
Mara Lúcia Galinha
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

Quotes:

Alice: I hate you! I hate you!
Eva: Alright then, if you hate me so much then kill me. Come on...
[offers her the gun]
Eva: You're a big girl now. Come on, kill me.
Alice: [grabs the gun and aims it at her]
Eva: Oh my darling, I'm so delighted to see that you've got the killer instinct in you. Can you feel the excitement Alice? Can you taste the blood raising in your head? Come on, shoot me. Shoot mommy. Shoot me Alice.
Alice: [lowers the gun]
Eva: Oh my sweet heart. You see, only a select few have the true killer instinct in them. But don't worry darling, because you'll have it one day.

If it wasn't for the shoot-out...

Honestly, if this movie had not included the aforementioned shooting scene, there would be really not much to see. In short, a not bad idea with a bad delivery. Acting not really believable and pardon me, Franch actors trying not to sound French, even with their voices dubbed onto the movie as they most probably could not deliver acting performance together with not sounding French. Funny if not ridiculous at times. Instead of saying the usual French 'otel' - I mean 'hotel', pronouncing every single syllable to the best of their abilities. Totally unbelievable role of the female cop, naive, dumb and artificial. Nice try, try harder next time...