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November 05, 2004
Red Siren
I had wondered what happened to Jean-Marc Barr after The Big Blue and Europa (I gave Dogville a miss). I am sorry to say I have found him again in Red Siren, a profoundly stupid film, quasi-pornographic in its portrayal of violence and apparently ignorant of the fact. On the other hand it features Asia Argento.
French cinema has yet to figure out the thriller (that's metà thrillere, better expressed by the phrase "thriller-as-a-second-language"). Director Olivier Megaton has made a French film, filmed in English with a mess of something like ten different euro-accents (don't believe this dubbed trailer). The US police siren background sound effects do not make for an American plot unless perhaps an America as seen through the Matrix. So we find ourselves in a weirdly English-speaking Paris and Portugal: if this is what the French see when they watch action films it is no wonder they are so entirely wrong about the United States. Why am I even writing about this thing... I did mention it features Asia Argento, right?
Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 5, 2004 08:55 AM
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The original La Femme Nikita was excellent.
Posted by: Fred at November 5, 2004 01:22 PM
I know you mention her in the blurb.. but I took a long time to realize that the pic was Asia Argento and not Selma Blair. Duh.
Posted by: Chris Taylor at November 5, 2004 06:15 PM