22 Bullets

Original title: L'immortel

2010
K-18
1h 57m

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6.6/10

36K

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

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

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Jean Reno, Joséphine Berry, Fani Kolarova, and Max Baissette de Malglaive in 22 Bullets (2010)

Jean Reno and Max Baissette de Malglaive in 22 Bullets (2010)

Jean Reno and Jean-Pierre Darroussin in 22 Bullets (2010)

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Trivia
Both the film and the book it's adapted from are loosely based on a seventies gang war between Jacques Imbert aka "Jacky Le Mat" (considered to be the last "Don" of Marseille) and Tany Zampa. Just like Charly Matteï in the film, Jacky was left for dead on a parking lot with 22 bullets in his body by Zampa, yet miraculously survived with only his right arm remaining paralyzed.

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.

Connections
Referenced in Nanoman: Fekalonia (2015)

Soundtracks
E Lucevan Le Stelle Ah Franchigia A Floria Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini (as G. Puccini) and lyrics by Giuseppe Giacosa (as G. Giacosa) and Luigi Illica (as L. Illica)
Performed by Luciano Pavarotti

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9/10

Classic

Jean Renos character would probably not even smile at 50 Cents near-death experience. That wouldn't even be considered a scratch in his book. But apart from this (useless?) trivia, there is so much that you can find in this movie. Jean Renos characterization for once. The story and the other characters too.

Of course you could say that this is romanticising an evil person a bit. But then again, this is a movie. You cannot try and apply rules of real life to it. Other movies with criminals involved might have been worse in that regard. And after all, there are experiences in life, that are truly life-changing. And if what Renos character has gone through does not count, what else does?

It's not all drama though, there is a good portion of action to be found here. And very well shot (no pun) and acted out. The end could not have been any other. At least not for me. Highly recommended

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