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The Nest Reviews

2002

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Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial before a European court... Read more

Starring	Samy Naceri, Benoit Magimel, Nadia Fares, Pascal Greggory
Director	Florent Emilio Siri
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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- I love this film, one helluva flick!
- 23874
- - Ain't It Cool News
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:11
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- - 4
  - 1
  Home to roost.
  
  A familiar theme this. The French take on Assault on Precinct 13, directed by the helmer of Hostage and starring Sammy Naceri of 'Taxi' fame. That would... read more »
  
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  - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 07 Aug 2005 at 21:05
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  Slender plot - just shoot 'em mayhem.
  
  Slender plot - just shoot 'em mayhem.
  
  Not very subtle - I should have given it a miss but didn't!
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Dec 2011 at 23:34
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  Oh. My. Lord!!
  
  Ho di ho: don't know why I bothered wasting two hours of my life or why i am bothering to write review. But I am ; waste of time don't bother.
  
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- - DJCampbell
  - 13 reviews
  - 23 Oct 2011 at 19:36
- - 0
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  Great French action film
  
  Fast paced with a reasonably believable plot. Loved this film from start to end. Recommended.
  
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  - OXON
  - 08 Dec 2008 at 10:31
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  Assault on The Nest
  
  Literally hordes (hundreds) of suicidal faceless goons face off against a group of cops and robbers in an attempt to free an Albanian mafia head being ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow
  - 05 Dec 2008 at 14:53
- - 0
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  entertaining nonsense
  
  entertaining french action thriller which is good if your expectations aren't too high
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 15 Sep 2008 at 16:18
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  Good Film
  
  A really good action film, pity about the language, being mainly French with subtitles.
  
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  - Bromsgrove, England
  - 10 Jun 2007 at 13:47
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  Modern French Crime Thriller
  
  For people who think that all subtiled films are slow and brooding. Then heres a film that will change your mind. This film takes the 'Assualt on Precint 13... read more »
  
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- - Jereon81
  - london
  - 17 Aug 2006 at 09:46
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  Appalling!
  
  This film suffers from a horrific script, acting, casting etc. The plot is tired, been done before, and done before better. The guns blazing, the never-ending ... read more »
  
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  - London,England
  - 21 Jul 2006 at 02:55
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  full on action movie with a French flavour
  
  Thoroughly entertaining French action film which kept me totally engrossed. Explosions a plenty and stunts galore make this stand out from many of the numerous ... read more »
  
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- - Graham Stewart
  - Derby
  - 24 May 2006 at 00:34
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  top draw
  
  great action bit slow to start but stick with it ! if you can not be bothered with subtitles put it on on english dub which is very good
  
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- - Aaron007
  - 15 reviews
  - WARTON
  - 05 May 2006 at 09:57
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- - 4
  - 1
  Home to roost.
  
  A familiar theme this. The French take on Assault on Precinct 13, directed by the helmer of Hostage and starring Sammy Naceri of 'Taxi' fame. That would... read more »
  
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  - adiw
  - Leicestershire
  - 07 Aug 2005 at 21:05
- - 3
  - 1
  awesome ( certainly)
  
  not sure why the same review is printed 3 times, but yes this is totally awesome & a lot better than most hollywood comparisons like precinct 13 remake
  
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- - brian green
  - scotland
  - 08 Oct 2005 at 09:53
- - 2
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  French action movie at its best
  
  Lets not mess about here,florent emilio siris,The Nest,is as good as an action movie gets,like all french movies,they have a certain grittiness to them,and seem... read more »
  
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- - Nicola
  - Sleaford lincolnshire
  - 07 Jan 2006 at 12:19
- - 1
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  Action fantastique
  
  Samy Naceri has turned his hand to a serious action film and succeeded. It is adrenaline packed, and if you allow yourself to get sucked in by the action, you ... read more »
  
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  - Crawley, West Sussex
  - 27 Sep 2005 at 12:24
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  some serious action
  
  I initially got this film because of Sami Naceri starring in it however, as I began to watch the story unfold (which wasn't exactly unique or complicated), ... read more »
  
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  - Kent, England.
  - 04 Oct 2005 at 18:34
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  A French Assault on Precinct 13
  
  The Nest is a great action movie, which takes alot from Assault on Precinct 13, but still manages to be better than most action films coming out of Hollywood. ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
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  - Walsall
  - 03 Jan 2006 at 22:16
- - 0
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  mediocre caper
  
  Despite being a fan of TAxi 1 and 2, i was expecting something a bit more humorous and engaging with the lead Samy Naceri- a combination of an albanian ... read more »
  
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  - Oxford,
  - 28 Aug 2005 at 18:34
- - 0
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  Good French action film
  
  ... which is basically a remake of Carpenter's 'Assault on Precinct 13', but (unsurprisingly) better than the recent yank fiasco. Cops escorting the... read more »
  
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- - Death Fish II
  - UK
  - 20 Oct 2005 at 14:38
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  John Carpenter take note
  
  This has all the hallmarks of the original 'assault on precinct 13' and blows the remake of said film out the water.
  
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- 168993
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh Scotland
  - 02 Nov 2005 at 10:57
- - 0
  - 0
  french connection (to assault on precinct 13)
  
  Wonderfully tense movie well above the average hollywood standard thanks to a plot borrowed from one of americas true greats (john Carpenter) and a typically ... read more »
  
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- 186395
- - martin morgan
  - eastwood
  - 21 Dec 2005 at 09:55

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  Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial before a European court......