This high-energy Dirty Harry in Japan stars Jean Reno (The Professional) as a maverick Paris cop with sledgehammer fists and a short temper. Promoted to sudden fatherhood when he "inherits" a spunky Japanese daughter (Ryoko Hirosue) he never knew, he becomes her droopy guardian angel, protecting her from an army of yakuza gangsters. Written and produced by Luc Besson, the former fashionista director of Euro-sleek shoot-'em-ups, this colorful B-movie blast is as gritty as an oil slick on a water slide but packed with explosive action. Director Gerard Krawczyk punctuates his gunfights with the Hong Kong school of recoil (bullets blast victims across the screen) and an undercurrent of humor. As long as you don't lean too hard on such niggling details as logic, legality, and the laws of physics, this silly, splashy, family bonding bulletfest is a spirited good time.
A very tasty comedy with a little French twist. A random act of kindness snowballs into vivid proof that ""no good deed goes unpunished"" in Aprs Vous the irresistible French comedy that garnered actor Daniel Auteuil a Csar Award nomination for Best Actor. Antoine (Auteuil) a restaurant headwaiter takes a shortcut through a park one night and spots Louis (Jos Garcia) a despondent lovelorn stranger attempting to kill himself. Antoine intervenes - despite Louis'
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