Tag Archives: Luc Besson

Film review | Lockout – Quick with his quips & his fists: Guy Pearce’s Snow is as cool as his name

Posted on 20 April 2012 by Jason Best

Guy Pearce’s cynical anti-hero Snow doesn’t sport a black eye-patch in sci-fi action thriller Lockout but otherwise he’s a dead ringer for Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken. The resemblance isn’t a surprise: producer Luc Besson has pretty much taken the plot … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Colombiana – Zoe Saldana kicks ass as Besson’s latest avengeing angel

Posted on 10 January 2012 by Jason Best

As a nine-year-old, Cataleya narrowly escaped the massacre of her family by a Colombian drug gang and took refuge with her gangster uncle in the US. Fifteen years later, she’s a ruthless contract killer who has racked up 23 victims, … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Lady – Aung San Suu Kyi: orchids in her hair and iron in her will

Posted on 30 December 2011 by Jason Best

A physically slight woman with a core of steel; a thorn in the side of authority; an implacable opponent of male violence: no, this is not a description of Stieg Larsson’s fantasy tattooed girl but of a heroine living in … Continue reading →

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Film review | Colombiana – Lil’ Orphan Assassin

Posted on 9 September 2011 by Jason Best

A vulnerable young girl seeks revenge against her parents’ killers and finds an older male mentor to teach her the art of assassination. We’ve been here before – and so has Luc Besson. Back in 1995, the film was Léon … Continue reading →

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DVD review | The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Posted on 15 August 2011 by Jason Best

Gallic auteur Luc Besson, best known for slick contemporary thrillers Nikita and Léon, turns his hand to a rollicking period adventure based on a series of comic books by French author Jacques Tardi and set (mostly) in a stylishly recreated … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | From Paris With Love – John Travolta & Jonathan Rhys Meyers shoot up the French capital

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

Luc Besson protégé Pierre Morel, maker of District 13 and Taken, has teamed up again with his mentor to make slam-bam action movie From Paris With Love. The filmmakers are French and the story takes place in Paris, but the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | District 13: Ultimatum – Gravity-defying stunts keep French action sequel in the air

Posted on 2 October 2009 by Jason Best

Luc Besson, his directing heyday having just been given the Blu-ray treatment by Optimum, gets to wear his writing and producing hats for District 13: Ultimatum, the sequel to 2005’s frenetic action thriller District 13 (or Banlieue 13 in its … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | District 13

Posted on 1 October 2009 by Beth Williams

When French futuristic action thriller District 13 was released in 2006 it acted like a showcase for  free-running -  you know, those running and jumping stunts (also known as parkour) that have since more famously featured in Bond movies Casino … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Luc Besson, Nikita & le Cinéma du look

Posted on 29 September 2009 by Jason Best

Luc Besson is better known these days as the producer of high-octane Euro thrillers in the Taxi and Transporter series, but from the mid-1980s to the mid-90s he was one of the principal exponents of the so-called Cinéma du look, … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Home, a film with a worldwide release today

Posted on 5 June 2009 by Beth Williams

Showing on Sky Movies Screen 2 today at 7pm (and also available online and at various venues worldwide) Recycling bins of many colours, reusable supermarket carrier bags and low energy light bulbs… Why has it become so important to become … Continue reading →

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