MR 73 (2008)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Olivier Marchal

Writer:

Olivier Marchal (writer)

Release Date:

12 March 2008 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Serial Killer | Birth | Alcoholic Cop | Drunk

Cast

Daniel Auteuil	...	Schneider
Olivia Bonamy	...	Justine
Catherine Marchal	...	Marie Angéli
Francis Renaud	...	Kovalski
Gérald Laroche	...	Matéo
Guy Lecluyse	...	Jumbo
Philippe Nahon	...	Charles Subra
Clément Michu	...	Émile Maxence - le grand-père de Justine
Moussa Maaskri	...	Ringwald
Jean-Paul Zehnacker	...	Me Colmeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Corinne Adler	...	Sage femme
Virginia Anderson	...	La psychologue
Virginie Arnaud	...	Hélène Maxence
Morgane Bellon	...	Justine enfant
Jacky Berelli	...	V Rosenberg
Roland Bijaoui	...	Directeur de prison
Alexandre Bourguignon	...	Gardien de la morgue
Dan Bronchinson
Thierry Calas	...	Brigadier chef
Vince Castello	...	Patron d'hôtel
Christine Chansou	...	Mathilde Schneider
Anne Charrier	...	Vétérinaire
Virginie Chevalier	...	Une Victime
Swan Demarsan	...	Mathias Becker
Gabriel Dermidjian	...	Manager
Gérard Dubouche	...	Propriétaire du chenil
Gilles Fisseau	...	Prêtre
Grégory Gadebois	...	Charles Subra Jeune
Tony Gaultier	...	Le surveillant en chef
Jean-Pierre Gourdain	...	Médecin Justine
Hélèna Guihard	...	Blandine enfant
Franck Henry	...	Flic destroy
Mourad Khima	...	Surveillant de prison
Yasmine Lafitte	...	Hooker (as Yasmine)
Jean-Claude Lagniez	...	Chauffeur de bus
Gabriel Le Doze	...	Jap
Bruno Lefevre	...	Mari d'Hélène
Christian Loheac	...	Monsieur Renoir
Christian Mazucchini	...	Le collègue de Kovalski / Kovalski's colleague
Louise Monot	...	La soeur de Justine / Justine's sister
Clémentine Monsaingeon	...	Infirmière
Didier Nobletz
Maxim Nucci
Antoine Pappalardo	...	Patron du bar
Thierry Perkins-Lyautey	...	Co détenu
Camille Ramos	...	Fille Matéo
Camille Schneider	...	Chloé
Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Mireille Viti
Valéry Zeitoun	...	Maître Lomach

Also Known As:

RmR-73 (France) (working title)
The Last Deadly Mission (USA)

Runtime:

125 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

LGM Productions

Quotes:

La psychologue: You drank, this morning?
[pause]
La psychologue: you won't answer?
Schneider: You can leave if you want.
La psychologue: You're not to blame, Mr. Schneider. You were just in the wrong place.
Schneider: No, I never should've been there.
La psychologue: Meaning?
Schneider: I don't want to discuss it.
La psychologue: What will you discuss?
Schneider: You believe in God, doctor?
[...]

Probably the most realistic (and tough) cop movie ever made

A couple of years ago, Mr. Marchant delivered 36 Quai Des Orfèvres (basically is the address of the Paris police department); one of the best and most complex cop movies I ever saw; a great film but not perfect. It was not as realistic as I expected; cops were ambitious but no so dirt and the end felt really forced. With MR 73 the realism is all there and if the movie lacks the continuous action of the first one, it improves dramatically aside from a few clichés. The pace however is not Dirty Harry or Lethal Weapon. It is not even Righteous Kill but it is far better than all of them. Based on real and quite tragic events, the story introduces several characters getting related as the events progress. Louis, a drunken and completely finished cop (thanks to tragic family accident and the moral remorse of his own sins). There is a serial killer on the loose (plus other getting out of jail), a few very corrupt cops and a bunch of people more worried on getting rid of problems that to hold the law or protect people. There is not a hint of humor in the movie; in fact it is really terrifying that this tribe of monsters is there to protect us. Giving up more will affect the complex of the narrative. Let's simple state that the end is far more accomplish than the previous movie and the intensity of the situations takes the breath away. A few minutes less could probably had improve the pace, but just because some moments are difficult to bear. Great movie, but aside from the cars there is nothing comparable to American cop movies.