646f9e108c The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way. JustJean-Paul Belmondo&#39;s THE PROFESSIONAL (1981) recalled the Charles Bronson &#39;loner&#39; action vehicles, this one evokes memories of Clint Eastwood&#39;s &quot;Dirty Harry&quot; cop shows which, by extension, connects it to the Italian poliziotteschi of which the American co-star of THE OUTSIDER, Henry Silva, was a regular! Anyway, Belmondo is a maverick cop up against drug kingpin Silva: he intercepts a consignment of heroin (chasing the speedboat transporting it via helicopter), but the criminal&#39;s influence with city officials gets him transferred from Marseille to a low-life district! As was the case with the earlier film, the credits take care to establish the fact that the ageing star performed his own (often dangerous) stunts; in fact, every fifteen minutes or so, he&#39;s seen getting into a scuffle, a chase or a shoot-out without necessarily advancing the main plot.<br/><br/>Still, in spite of the protagonist&#39;s superficial nonchalance, he&#39;s shown to have a heart: befriending a hooker, saving a convict&#39;s teenage daughter from lifea junkie, and paternally overseeing the &#39;legitimate&#39; activity of a young small-time crook; when the latter opposes Silva&#39;s offer of &#39;protection&#39; and winds up dead, the conflict between policeman and racketeer becomes a personal one. Mind you, the overall handling is anything but subtle and blatantly commercial (why else would we be treated to the excess of sleaze on display, including an irrelevant excursion at a gay club?)! The film features another Ennio Morricone score which virtually hinges on a single catchy riff, though it&#39;s not quitehauntinghis work on THE PROFESSIONAL. The R2 DVD I rented also featured an Audio Commentary by director Deray which was, unfortunately, unsubtitled and enticing theatrical trailers for two other films Belmondo made for director Philippe De Broca, LE MAGNIFIQUE (1973) and L&#39;INCORRIGIBLE (1975). For me this movie seems a little chaotic, it mostly jumps from scene to scene and doesn&#39;t follow theme line very accurately. Still, it&#39;s entertaining movie for action or cop movie fans. At time of original release this was an excellent action film, but for time being action movies are at totally new level. Therefore don&#39;t expect too much. This movie has some good points thought. First of all, we see very good starting actor, young Tchéky Karyo here. Second, for car fans there is a car chase scene with Ford Mustang. Third, Belmondo makes his own stunts. Quite interesting is also to watch the first orange bullet train speeding in France! It&#39;s a little nostalgic to see this movie. I would say that after every 15 years or so, it is fun to see it again
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