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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 |
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| Director | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Genres | Thriller |
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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 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 |
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| Director | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 41 mins |
| Certificate | |
| 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 | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 26 Nov 2001 |
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Commissaire NiĂmans (RĂno) is a gruff, taciturn 'one-man vice squad', Lt Kerkerian (Cassel) a spunky smalltime cop... read more on Time Out
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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 (... read more »
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The Crimson Rivers
Briliant! suspence thriller till last minute...one of the best
french movies.
Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel make an a astonishing ... read more »
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Mmmm French Countryside.
Better than average, typically French murder mystery. Quirky at times, but as is also usual, a fantastic screenplay. Great leads and support, but with a number ... read more »
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Only for the uneducated
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