Paris Lockdown
2007 Directed by : Frederic Schoendoerffer
What happens when a criminal overlord looses his power, liberty and trust of his most trusted men.
Billed as the French " Heat ", Paris Lockdown is supposed to be a stylish French take on gangster culture in Paris.
To mention Paris Lockdown in the same sentence as Heat is sacrillage, by comparison its a hack job, imagine Heat directed by Guy Ritchie, and you're not far off.
It is very stylishly shot, and you can see that it had a decent budget, but unfortunately the editing is all over the place, the main lead male character is hammy beyond belief, and spends most of the time gurning at the camera which is supposed to be intimidating.
There are very strong brutal scenes of torture, violence and sex from the start. Some of the torture seems are totally over the top, heavy on gore, but light on tension or dramatic pacing, where "Seven" cleverly planted the seed in your imagination, Paris Lockdown relies heavily in over the top gore.
The structure of the film is all over the place, imagine Tarantino on speed, there are random cut aways that add nothing to the story and seem totally pointless, personally I think the director has been given too much free reign.
A poorly executed, showy, ganster flick that fails to deliver, or tick the right boxes, should never be mentioned in the same vain as Heat.
Rating 1.5/5 I would never swear on Mofo, but this film is MERDE!!!