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2000 Certificate 15
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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 horrifically mutilated corpse .. Read more

Starring Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda
Director Mathieu Kassovitz
Genres Thriller

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The Crimson Rivers

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 horrifically mutilated corpse found in a remote mountain village signifies a serious enough crime to call in Parisian detective Pierre Niemans (Jean Reno). Meanwhile, less than 200 miles away, the young upstart detective Kerkerian (HATE's Vincent Cassel) investigates a similarly bizarre crime, the defacement of a young girl's grave. As the two intrepid detectives pursue their cases--Niemans examining bizarre circumstances at a local university and Kerkerian interviewing the dead girls recalcitrant mother (now a cloistered nun)--the two investigations pitch violently towards each other, forcing the detectives to join forces as they recognize the horrifying implications that may link the seemingly isolated crimes. The precarious mountain locale acts as a fittingly terse setting for Kassovitz's tight direction (and surprise ending) as well as Reno and Cassel's powerfully quirky performances, all of which make THE CRIMSON RIVERS a breathtaking and gut-wrenching instant genre classic.

Starring Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Fares, Dominique Sanda, Jean-Pierre Cassell
Director Mathieu Kassovitz
Studio COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, Spanish
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 26 Nov 2001
Production year: 2000
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Adapted from Jean-Christophe Grangé's bestseller, Mathieu Kassovitz's fourth feature is the first based on borrowed material and this lack of personal input proves fatal. The influence of Se7en is almost overwhelming, both in the tone of the grisly serial crimes and in the teaming of Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel as a veteran-rookie duo, whose uncomfortable alliance eventually cracks the case. Cinematographer Thierry Arbogast's filming of the Alpine locations is suitably spectacular, but neither the detectives nor their suspects at a sinisterly enclosed university have any depth. Thus, the ingenious resolution emerges from a muddle of half-clues to indifferent shrugs rather than stunned gasps.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Commissaire Niémans (Réno) is a gruff, taciturn 'one-man vice squad', Lt Kerkerian (Cassel) a spunky smalltime cop... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Very good, interesting film

    Crimson Rivers is a good, interesting, and very watchable film. It has an interesting story, good acting from the two main leads Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel (as well as good performances from the rest of the cast), good action and special effects, great visuals and locations, and a great conclusion to the film. There is a lot of information being given to the viewer throughout the movie though (with a few interesting twists along the way) which could make the film somewhat confusing (with a second viewing of the film probably worthwhile to take in all what is being told), but in the end the movie is very good and certainly worth watching.

    The 2-disc set also has some good extras, including two commentaries, an interesting Making of (which lasts over 50-minutes), four interesting detailed storyboard comparisons, details of marketing and production, and a lot more.

      • DJM666 from Walsall
      • Posted 09 Dec 2005 18:28

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Nice set, shame about the plot

    Slight problem -I wanted to have the French dialogue and English subtitles, but seemed to only be able to get the English dialogue with or without English subtitles which didn't match what was actually said. That aside, the acting was good (would have been better if I could have heard the original dialogue and not the dubbed one), the setting was wonderfully atmospheric - but the plot all hinged on, and, no, I won't spoil it for other viewers, one of the oldest tricks in the book. Which was a great let down.So can only give it a pass mark, 3 stars.

      • barbi
      • Posted 26 Sep 2005 13:25

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