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Jean Reno
Juan Moreno y Herrera Jimenez (Jean Reno)
Born July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco of Spanish parents.
He studied at the Cours Simon drama school in Paris in 1970, which was founded by French actor René Simon in 1925.
The 6’ 2” actor made his stage debut in “Ecce Homo” in 1974, and his screen debut in 1978, playing a small role in "L'Hypothese du tableau vole".
Married Genevieve in 1977
Daughter Sandra born 1978
Son Mickael born 1980
Toured with stage director Didier Flamand, before teaming up with Luc Besson and appearing in Besson’s first short film “L’avant Dernier” (1981), and “Le Dernier Combat” (1983).
He progressed to second male lead as Enzo Molineri in Besson’s “Le Grand Bleu” ( The Big Blue) (1988) receiving critical praise and nominated for ‘best supporting actor’ at ‘The César Awards’, the main national film awards in France.
Reno starred in the French comedy “ Les Visiteurs” (The Visitors) (1993) and was again nominated for a César for ‘best actor’.
Reno brought a human persona to an amoral character in Besson’s “La Femme Nikita” (1991) in which he co-starred with Annie Parillaud, and again as a similar character in Besson’s well received action drama Léon (also known as The Professional and Léon: The Professional) along side Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman in her first starring role. Reno was again nominated for a César for ‘best actor’ for Léon (1994).
Divorced 1995
Married Nathalie 1996
Son Tom born 1996
Daughter Serena born 1998
Hollywood called and Jean answered, playing a conman in Lawrence Kasdan’s “ French Kiss” (1995), and a secret agent alongside Tom Cruise in “ Mission: Impossible” (1996).
Reno starred alongside De Nero in “ Ronin” (1998) directed by John Frankenheimer, he also appeared alongside Matthew Broderick in the box office hit “ Godzilla” (1998) and Chris Klein in “ Rollerball” (2001) a remake of the original film “ Rollerball” (1975).
Divorced 2001
Married Zofia 2006
In 2000 Reno won the ‘Outstanding European Achievement in world Cinema’ award.
Reno was nominated for an ‘Audience Award’ for ‘best actor’ for his portrayal of the detective commissioner Pierre Niemans in Mathieu Kassovitz’s mystery thriller “Les Rivières pourpres” ( The Crimson Rivers) (2000), and again played a detective in Besson’s fast moving dramedy “ Wasabi” (2001), before co-starring as a businessman with Juliet Binoche in the romantic comedy “ Jet Lag” (2002).
In 2005 he appeared in “La Tigre e La Neve” and “L’empire des Loups” before co-starring with Steve Martin as a detective in “ The Pink Panther (2006).
Reno played Bezu Fache in Ron Howard’s “ The Da Vinci Code” (2006).
Look out for Jean in the comedy “ Couples Retreat” currently in production.
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Reno ties the knot -
31 July 2006
Jean Reno, star of The Da Vinci Code, married model and actress Zofia Borucka in a French hilltop village yesterday. -Reno, one of France's most popular actors, was married to Borucka in Les Baux de Provence, in the idyllic surroundings of the village's city hall.
Jean Reno - what members say
Jean Reno - filmography
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Couples Retreat
(2009)
Starring: Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau
Director: Peter Billingsley
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A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.
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The Pink Panther 2
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer
Director: Harald Zwart
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Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
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Da Vinci Code, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's ..read more »
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The Pink Panther
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno
Director: Shawn Levy
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Steve Martin reinvents the character of Inspector Clouseau, the hapless, bungling detective with the overwrought French accent and metaphorically huge head. With his black beret and Pepe LaPew moustache, the policeman is called on to solve a high-profile crime, making a series of hilariously clumsy ..read more »
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Pink Panther, The - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno
Director: Shawn Levy
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Steve Martin reinvents the character of Inspector Clouseau, the hapless, bungling detective with the overwrought French accent and metaphorically huge head. With his black beret and Pepe LaPew moustache, the policeman is called on to solve a high-profile crime, making a series of hilariously clumsy ..read more »
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Flyboys - BLU-RAY Version
(2006)
Starring: Jean Reno, James Franco, Martin Henderson
Director: Tony Bill
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FLYBOYS is a good old-fashioned historical drama concerning the Lafayette Escadrille, a French regiment of American volunteer airmen serving the allied cause in WWI before the US became officially involved. James Franco plays Blaine, a Texas rancher; he bunks with Eugene (Abdul Salis), an African ..read more »
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The Da Vinci Code
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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The 2005 best selling novel's big screen adaptation. A murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
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Empire Of The Wolves
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin
Director: Chris Nahon
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Anna's (Arly Jover) reality is disintegrating before her eyes, but as her doctors and husband treat her for a mental disorder, she becomes convinced that there is more to the story, and that her memories are not her own. Meanwhile, an expelled cop (Jean Reno) is brought back from retirement due to ..read more »
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The Tiger and the Snow
(2005)
Starring: Jean Reno, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
Director: Roberto Benigni
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In 1997's LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, Roberto Benigni found international success by accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making a moving comedy set during the Holocaust. Nearly a decade later, he similarly uses Dante's INFERNO as a template to mold a romantic comedy around the early days of the ..read more »
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Deuce Bigalow - European Gigolo
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin, Jean Reno
Director: Mike Bigelow
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Toilet humour proudly descends to new depths in the sequel to the original Rob Schneider vehicle. The film opens with Deuce Bigalow (Schneider) at the beach doing research on fish, where he is bullied by a couple of kids. The situation quickly escalates into a catastrophe involving elderly blind ..read more »
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Shut Up! AKA Tais-Toi!
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Richard Berry
Director: Francis Veber
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Following in the same fine comic tradition of director Francis Veber's previous hits, Le Placard (The Closet) and Le Diner De Cons (The Dinner Game), the plot relies heavily on cars, cell phones and sudden bursts of superhuman strength as Jean Reno and Gerard Depardieu repeatedly hop out of the ..read more »
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Jet Lag
(2002)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Jean Reno
Director: Danièle Thompson
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A worn-out businessman (Reno) and a beautician on the run (Binoche) collide in a Paris airport. Love arrives, all its hurdles be damned.
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Rollerball - BLU-RAY Version
(2001)
Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, L.L. Cool J.
Director: John McTiernan
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It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
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Rollerball
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, L.L. Cool J.
Director: John McTiernan
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It's the year 2005; the new sport of Rollerball is hugely popular in the unstable, ex-Soviet republics of South Asia. Marcus Ridley (LL Cool J) invites NHL-hopeful Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) to join him playing for the Zhambel Horsemen, in Kazahkstan. The highly paid Marcus and Jonathon are ..read more »
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Wasabi
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jean Reno, Michel Muller, Ryoko Hirosue
Director: Gerard Krawczyk
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This boisterous crime-cop dramedy is written and produced by Luc Besson and stars Jean Reno. Like THE PROFESSIONAL (the 1994 Besson-Reno film), it is the story of a man with a grim, lonely life and a penchant for violence who finds redemption in a needy, spirited young girl who forces him to have ..read more »
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Just Visiting
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Christina Applegate
Director: Jean-Marie Poire
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French writer-director Jean-Marie Poire retools his 1993 European box-office hit comedy, LES VISITEURS, with the two original stars, Jean Reno (THE PROFESSIONAL) and Christian Clavier (who co-wrote both films and is France's answer to Jim Carrey) reprising their roles. On the eve of his wedding, ..read more »
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The Crimson Rivers
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
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Jean Reno reprises his role as a laconic tough cop in Mathieu Kassovitz's disturbing thriller, THE CRIMSON RIVERS. Kassovitz, who rose to fame with his compelling racial drama HATE, brings his signature flare for character development and subtle direction to this unlikely alpine murder mystery. A ..read more »
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Ronin - BLU-RAY Version
(1998)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce
Director: John Frankenheimer
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David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
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Godzilla - BLU-RAY Version
(1998)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pittillo
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Nuclear testing once again awakens a green behemoth. However, this large iguana-like creature seems to be unrelated to its Japanese counterpart. The lizard proceeds to demolish large portions of New York as the US military attempts to destroy it.
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Ronin
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce
Director: John Frankenheimer
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David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
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Godzilla
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pittillo
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Nuclear testing once again awakens a green behemoth. However, this large iguana-like creature seems to be unrelated to its Japanese counterpart. The lizard proceeds to demolish large portions of New York as the US military attempts to destroy it. Matthew Broderick and Jean Reno star.
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Roseanna's Grave
(1997)
Starring: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker
Director: Paul Weiland
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A Mediterranean comedy set in an Italian village about the things we do for love.. Our hero, a devoted husband, wants to fulfill his dying wife's wish of being burying her in the same cemetary as her dead child. However space in the cemetary is very limited, so the husband goes to extraordinary ..read more »
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Mission: Impossible - HD DVD Version
(1996)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Brian De Palma
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Watch now: £2.49
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
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Mission: Impossible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Brian De Palma
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Watch now: £2.49
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
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from 33,532 members
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Mission: Impossible - BLU-RAY Version
(1996)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Brian De Palma
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
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70%
from 1,648 member
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French Kiss
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
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A woman (Meg Ryan) with a phobia about flying gets caught up with a shady French smuggler (Kevin Kline) while on a flight to Paris to retrieve her wayward boyfriend (Timothy Hutton). The charming film is director Lawrence Kasdan's first stab at the romantic comedy.
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Leon - BLU-RAY Version
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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French director Luc Besson tackles his first American movie in this unusual tale of Leon (Jean Reno), a stoic assassin who develops a reluctant relationship with an orphaned 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman, in an excellent debut performance). When a corrupt DEA official (Gary Oldman) murders the ..read more »
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Leon
(1994)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jean Reno, Natalie Portman
Director: Luc Besson
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A murder on the streets of New York leads to a deadly game of cat and mouse while an orphaned twelve-year-old girl becomes caught in the middle...
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Beyond The Clouds
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Irene Jacob, John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
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The many ways in which men are fascinated, compelled, and confused by their attraction to women are explored in this four part drama. As a filmmaker (John Malkovich) tries to sort out his plans for his next film, he considers several stories about women and the men who love them. Silvano (Kim Rossi ..read more »
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Les Visiteurs
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Valerie Lemercier
Director: Jean-Marie Poire
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Hoping to travel back in time to right an accidental slaying, a 12th-century knight and his bumbling squire are instead sent 900 years into the future. Once they get their 20th-century bearings, they set out to reclaim their castle (now a luxury hotel) and to figure out how to return to their own era.
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Nikita - BLU-RAY Version
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
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Nikita
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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A beautiful junkie condemned to death for the murder of a policeman is given a chance to live - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. Her lonely existence is warmed when she falls in love with a gentle, humorous man who knows nothing of her bizarre and mysterious life. Remade ..read more »
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Big Blue, The - BLU-RAY Version
(1988)
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are considered masters of free-diving and have made a career out of this one-of-a-kind competition. Jacques feels an unusual bond with the sea and Enzo is in it for the sheer danger involved. A new dimension of ..read more »
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The Big Blue
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Rosanna Arquette, Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno
Director: Luc Besson
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Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available.
Jacques (Barr, BREAKING THE WAVES) and his friendly rival Enzo (Reno, THE PROFESSIONAL) are ..read more »
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Subway
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Richard Bohringer
Director: Luc Besson
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An early work from director Luc Besson, Subway is a dark and highly stylised picture which concerns an enigmatic safecracker (Christopher Lambert) hiding out in the Paris Metro system. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colourful ..read more »
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Mission Impossible
to Watch Now
(1996)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart
Director: Brian De Palma
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Run time: 110 minutes
Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it." (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times). Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking ..read more »
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Jean Reno facts
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How high paced can it get? 5 February 2004
...its him surprisingly well compared to films such as Taxi Driver and Casino, and Jean Reno, as always, never fails to impress.
Edge of the seat throughout, with a plot t...
8 September 2004
