From the first part of this crime film from France, you feel the tribute that the director - Jean Claude Missaien - shows to the American film noir. Jazzy opening score, Paris by Night settings, even the police car siren which is an American one; remember LE DOULOS where Jean Pierre Melville showed American like windows for the police station. And the thugs in the suburban train car can make you think of THE INCIDENT, 1965. Lanvin in a role where we see him selling clothes at the Porte de Saint Ouen flea market is exactly what Lanvin did before becoming an actor. Good revenge film, typical of the early eighties in France, in the directing I mean, not the story. But after this one, it will get worse and worse. With LA BALANCE, it will remain one of the best of the decade.
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