Although the DVD box suggests this French movie is just another run-of-the-mill shoot-'em-up, it actually turns out to be a half decent action flick.
A group of French special forces are assigned to escort a ruthless Albanian Mafia boss to trial.
Inevitably he has his own henchmen attack the convoy in an ambush and the special forces have to flee to a warehouse in a bid to get away.
But low and behold, an armed robbery is in progress there, which basically leaves three separate groups of gun-toting maniacs shooting it out in the warehouse.
Eventually the special forces and the robbers team up in a bid to see off what appears to be a whole army of mafia henchmen.
It sounds vacuous, but is actually a very well made high-budget thriller with some cracking suspense - not to mention a massive body count.
The accompanying 'making-of' documentary is also highly amusing as the cast and crew - typically for our French friends - find multi-layered metaphor and deep philosophy in various scenes.
You thought it was folks just shooting at each other, but no, it's much more than that!
JS
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