A man lives an unconventional life, moving from one high-stake poker game to another. Still, he's not a fundamentally callous person : when he happens to arrive on the scene of a car accident, he offers assistance to the victim. He is unaware of the fact that the victim was wounded not during an accident, but during a deliberate murder attempt. Soon our Good Samaritan becomes a target himself...
"Trois hommes à abattre" may not be the finest French movie ever made, but it's a competent and efficient thriller mixed with elements of dark satire. It contains a number of memorable scenes, such as the scene where the unsuspecting protagonist visits a happy, busy summer beach in the company of his pretty girlfriend. While taking a relaxing swim in the sea, he gets attacked by two strangers who try to drown him, in front of scores of carefree tourists.
The ending is quite brave, going where not many mainstream Hollywood thrillers would dare to go. Still, there are those who would say that this specific victim might have prolonged his life by doing what most reasonable persons would have done, to wit run towards the nearest train station, embark on a long voyage involving lots of trains, planes and automobiles, and end up a humble goatherd somewhere in Somalia.
Lovers of French cinema will notice a thematic ressemblance with "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire", another movie where a random citizen gets caught up in a dangerous intrigue and gains an undeserved reputation as an ace secret agent or a prize assassin. "Le grand blond" is well worth a watch, alhough it should be noted it's a comedy, not a thriller.
Lastly : this is the only movie I've ever seen in which a French-speaking person addresses his pet cat as "vous".
"Trois hommes à abattre" may not be the finest French movie ever made, but it's a competent and efficient thriller mixed with elements of dark satire. It contains a number of memorable scenes, such as the scene where the unsuspecting protagonist visits a happy, busy summer beach in the company of his pretty girlfriend. While taking a relaxing swim in the sea, he gets attacked by two strangers who try to drown him, in front of scores of carefree tourists.
The ending is quite brave, going where not many mainstream Hollywood thrillers would dare to go. Still, there are those who would say that this specific victim might have prolonged his life by doing what most reasonable persons would have done, to wit run towards the nearest train station, embark on a long voyage involving lots of trains, planes and automobiles, and end up a humble goatherd somewhere in Somalia.
Lovers of French cinema will notice a thematic ressemblance with "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire", another movie where a random citizen gets caught up in a dangerous intrigue and gains an undeserved reputation as an ace secret agent or a prize assassin. "Le grand blond" is well worth a watch, alhough it should be noted it's a comedy, not a thriller.
Lastly : this is the only movie I've ever seen in which a French-speaking person addresses his pet cat as "vous".