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2005

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In the underbelly of the Parisian criminal world, the Police are frustrated by a gang committing a series of violent robberies. Leo Vrinks and Denis Klein are two cops seeking promotion and the imminent departure of the Chief sets the scene for them to compete for the vacant throne. Their competition between them becomes .. Read more

Starring	Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu, Valeria Golino, Andre Dussolier
Director	Olivier Marchal
Genres	Thriller, World Cinema

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- The French crime thriller has long had a love-hate relationship with its more (commercially) powerful American... read more on Time Out
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- - Wally Hammond
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  - 22
  Yeah,its like Heat.. over-rated!
  
  Just like Michael Mann's (1995) popular De Niro and Pacino showdown 'Heat' .Not only in plot structure but also action-thriller seen-it-all-before ... read more »
  
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  - QPR Olly
  - Shepherd's Bush,England
  - 23 May 2007 at 05:10
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- - 2
  - 0
  Outstanding policier
  
  An outstanding policier. The fast-moving, complex, compelling plot creates a strong sense of suspense and intense involvement with the characters and the moral ... read more »
  
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- 1077354
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - erp
  - 15 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 31 Dec 2011 at 21:31
- - 2
  - 0
  amazing thriller
  
  action, cool and karma all in one amazing film, a must see film for anyone whos a fan of french films or more importantly those who are not, a real game changer... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 29 Nov 2011 at 15:30
- - 2
  - 4
  A huge slab of jambon
  
  A complete portion of honky fromage with a huge slab of slightly-off jambon on the side. Most disappointing; even usually fantastique heavyweights Depardieu (... read more »
  
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- - Litzi
  - 1 review
  - 14 Nov 2011 at 12:12
- - 2
  - 0
  Slick French police drama
  
  French film with subtitles also with English dubbed version. Enjoyable police drama intensely played and at a good pace. Gerard D is a bad guy for a change but ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Oct 2011 at 00:28
- - 0
  - 1
  Auteuil shines
  
  this is another very good french film. Daniel Auteuil gives another powerful performance and outshines what i believe to be an average performance from gerard ... read more »
  
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- - Couver
  - 6 reviews
  - 23 Sep 2011 at 18:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Un Jour Parfait?
  
  In a perfect world, all Noir films would be as good as this. Often described as 'The French equivalent of 'Heat'', '36' may be lower-key... read more »
  
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- - Euromancer
  - 13 reviews
  - Bath
  - 04 Sep 2011 at 17:21
- - 0
  - 0
  Really good film
  
  Really enjoyed this film, brilliant acting and story, lots going on but not to hard to follow, good pace about the film as well, loved it.
  
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- 1033134
- - Buccko
  - 1 review
  - 24 Aug 2011 at 16:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Quality Movie - Watch it
  
  Bit of a Pacino meets De Niro type movie with Auteil and Depardieu. All sorts of sub plots and twists and even the beautiful Rain Man leading lady turns up - ... read more »
  
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- - 5ft7offootballheaven
  - 182 reviews
  - London
  - 18 Aug 2011 at 20:52
- - 0
  - 0
  good movie......
  
  A film where loyalties change and the line between where cops and criminals becomes very very blurred. Very enjoyable movie!
  
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- - amancalledalex
  - 11 reviews
  - coventry
  - 27 Jun 2011 at 17:45
- - 2
  - 0
  Defo recommend
  
  Thought this film was excellent, great characters and an excellent plot line. I would not compare this to Heat however as it is not as gung ho and all action, ... read more »
  
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  - 26 May 2011 at 21:18
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- - 57
  - 22
  Yeah,its like Heat.. over-rated!
  
  Just like Michael Mann's (1995) popular De Niro and Pacino showdown 'Heat' .Not only in plot structure but also action-thriller seen-it-all-before ... read more »
  
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  - QPR Olly
  - Shepherd's Bush,England
  - 23 May 2007 at 05:10
- - 32
  - 15
  who needs hollywood
  
  I suspect it will only be a matter of time before this great film (my favourite over the last 6 months) will be remade with DeNiro and Pacino.
  
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- - kh08
  - bristol
  - 14 Jan 2007 at 15:55
- - 28
  - 16
  Excellent French thriller
  
  I bought a copy of this DVD in France in Feb 2006, and it's a cracking film.
  
  Think of it as a French version of 'Heat' (containing some ... read more »
  
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- - Mike
  - Bristol, UK
  - 01 Aug 2006 at 13:04
- - 14
  - 10
  Follywood
  
  Laughable remake of a hollywood cop thriller, every cliche in the book supported by a ridiculous plot, banal script, lurching timeline and hopelessley ambitious... read more »
  
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- - Chris
  - London
  - 28 Feb 2007 at 08:43
- - 10
  - 2
  Doesn't ring true, but still good fun
  
  Given that this film was written by two ex-cops, one of whom also directed it (and has also been an actor in what is obviously a very busy life), you would ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 30 Mar 2007 at 09:09
- - 9
  - 4
  A quality action thriller
  
  Last night we finally got around to watching the highly thought of French subtitled thriller 36 and yet again a foreign film delivers much more than many of the... read more »
  
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- - Graham
  - UK
  - 27 Apr 2007 at 10:07
- - 7
  - 3
  Can You Feel The Heat?
  
  I'll be honest - I enjoyed this, and it's very good... but not great. But, hey, if you want a taught, intense, gruff and at times very violent French ... read more »
  
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- - Steve Day
  - UK
  - 27 Feb 2007 at 12:14
- - 6
  - 1
  Watchable, but not great.
  
  This 'cop thriller' starts off at a cracking pace and I thought 'wow, this is what good cinema is about'. However, there is a big 'but'... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Birmingham, England.
  - 18 Nov 2006 at 23:55
- - 7
  - 4
  Average french film
  
  Normally if you saw Depardieu and Auteil in the same billing you would be anticipating a cracker.This just doesn't deliver.The story rambles on without any ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin Sweeney
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 03 Oct 2006 at 16:48
- - 9
  - 7
  Superb French police drama
  
  36 has been called the French 'Heat' which is enough to get any movie fan salivating as the French are terrific at producing taut cerebral thrillers, ... read more »
  
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- - Northernsky
  - 318 reviews
  - Halifax
  - 17 May 2007 at 20:40

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