Language: French Year: 2006
With a remake of this film due soon and the lead being played by Jason Statham, I figured it was my duty to direct people to the fantastic French original.
The premise of this film is quite simple. After young man Sébastien (Georges Babluani) sees an opportunity to make money, he follows instructions meant for someone else, not knowing where it will lead and finds himself part of a murderous game of Russian Roulette. From here on in, the film plays out like a treatise on tension, properly gripping and genuinely unnerving.
Babluani does tension like Hitchcock does suspense, filming in Monochrome for added uneasiness and littering the film with macabre characters that look like they wouldn't be out of place in a Hammer production.
The film is directed with precision by newcomer Géla Babluani who also happens to be the son of a legendary Georgian filmmaker and based on this effort, he has inherited his fathers skills.
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