Starring: Jean Reno, Jocelyn Quivrin, Arly Jover
‘L’Empire…’ is basically an attempt by the French to make a slick, Hollywood-style, SFX-laden action film. They succeed as far as style goes but when it comes to the screenplay the film falls flat on its face. As it happens with most movies based on novels, the screenplay is too complicated to be understood by somebody who hasn’t read it.
The storyline: Anna Heymes, the wife of a Government official is starting to lose her memory and suspects her husband of foul play. Capitaine Nertaux is investigating the gruesome murders of three Turkish illegal immigrants with the help of a suspended, bad-ass cop Jean-Louis Schiffer (Jean Reno) who’s an expert on all things Turkish. These seemingly unconnected stories converge with the sole intention of confusing the audience.Things get even more complicated when a Turkish extremist group called the 'loups gris' comes into picture.
The action scenes are not that great and the storyline is a bit too confusing and unbelievable. But the performances are great. Special mention to, of course, Jean Reno, but then he’s batting on the home turf.
Overall, it’s watchable.
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