22 Bullets (2010)
"L'immortel" (original title)

A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Director:

Richard Berry

Writers:

Franz-Olivier Giesbert (novel), Richard Berry (scenario and adaptation),

Stars:

Jean Reno, Marina Foïs, Guillaume Gouix

Cast

Credited cast:
Jean Reno	...	Charly Matteï
Marina Foïs	...	Marie Goldman
Guillaume Gouix	...	Le morvelous
Kad Merad	...	Tony Zacchia
Gabriella Wright	...	Yasmina Telaa
Joey Starr	...	Le pistachier
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	Martin Beaudinard
Richard Berry	...	Aurelio Rampoli
Daniel Lundh	...	Malek Telaa
Venantino Venantini	...	Padovano
Carlo Brandt	...	Fontarosa
Claude Gensac	...	Mme Fontarosa
Moussa Maaskri	...	Karim
Fani Kolarova	...	Christelle Mattei
Grégory Gatignol	...	Martin 20 ans

Storyline

Charly Mattei has turned a new leaf on his past as an outlaw. For the past three years he's been living a comfortable life and devoting himself to his wife and two kids. However, one winter morning, he's left for dead in the underground parking garage of Marseille's Old Port with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he will not die.

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Plot Keywords:

left for dead | revenge | parking garage | mobster | mob | 

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Taglines:

Le sang versé ne sèche jamais (Shedded blood never dries)

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

24 March 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

22 Bullets

Filming Locations:

Avignon, Vaucluse, France

Box Office

Budget:

€18,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production, Marie Coline Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Debuted at the number three spot on the French box-office, under the newly released Alice in Wonderland and French romantic comedy Heartbreaker in its second week.

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Goofs

While Mattei is in the hospital the retrospect shows a young boy wrapping the gun handle with electrical tape. The idea is to make it impossible for the police to pick up fingerprints after the killing. However, he's using the wrong kind of tape - the smooth one instead of the sticky rough one - which renders the whole process useless.

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Soundtracks

"L'immortel"
Performed by Laurence Revey

User Reviews

Brilliant performance by Jean Reno in a fun and surprising film.

Richard Berry we given away with a good selection of French detective films with anti-heroes faced their own destiny but willing to redeem himself. Jean Reno plays a former mob vengeance.

Richard Berry, director of "La Boite Noire", 2005, environmental "L'Bullets" in the port city of Marseille stained by the gangsters who control the power of drug trafficking, the core of the hurricane that will facilitate the match between the characters played by Reno and Merad. The first plays Charlie Mattei, a "Capo" retired looking to restore new life raising a family, and has offered some of his power that had been his best friend, the ambitious and ruthless Tony Zacchia provided to forget the drug trade. But Zacchia, orders his men to pepper shot. Charlie miraculously lives at 22 bullets embedded in his body he so chooses to end the matter while being watched by the police officer Marie Goldman (Marina Foïs), widow of an officer killed in the grip of local mafia.

In the film we see a brilliant performance by the brilliant Jean Reno, but does not avoid comparisons with the character of the hired murderer he played in "Lion" 1994, one of the successes of Luc Besson in the direction. Despite the contradiction we have a good performance, with action worthy of the best films of Hollywood and a great photograph wrapped with a story that entertains and surprises with an ending that many viewers want to see about a criminal, not a bad person