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Crimson Rivers is Terrific

posted 19 years ago by jim-862
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First, watch the DVD, in original French with English Subtitles.

If you forgive some its writing/plotting, and just enjoy the ride, this is a super, super film.

Reno and Cassell have great cinema chemistry. I will grant some troubling issues with the writing, but as a murder/mystery, it has great action, thrills, really good dialogue, and an interesting, if not perplexing, plot.

For its genre, this is good film.

Love watching Reno ACT, instead of struggling with his English.

Jim

"You! Blabbermouth! OUT!--Ralph Cramden

[–] vegas1day 19 years ago

I liked the movie. I had a hard time understanding the dubbed English dialogue because the sound quality of the film is poor. I bought the DVD. I watched it a second time. Liked it more. However, the English captioning does not match the dubbed English dialogue. If I watched it in French and didn't speak English, I wouldn't have known what a poor job they did translating the story. Let the viewer and buyer beware...

[–] sillyspaghetti 14 years ago

Saw it for the first time today and thought it was really good. The plot's a bit out there, but I don't care! I enjoyed it.

"Hey! Ladies! That was fun!"

[–] vegas1day 14 years ago

Wow! I wrote this five years ago!
Yes, I agree. It was an enjoyable movie, on a par with American cop/suspense/slasher/psycho flicks.
I'm glad you reminded me about it.
I think I'm gonna watch it tomorrow on my day off.

You're looking for me and you're going to find me...

[–] sillyspaghetti 14 years ago

:)

"Hey! Ladies! That was fun!"

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[–] JackBluegrass 12 years ago

For an English-speaking audience, the best way to watch this DVD is with French language and English subtitles. The dubbing of French to English was done badly.

A second viewing of this movie after reading the basics of the story on this board will help a lot with understanding just what is going on. This story is complicated. Crucial scenes are often given very short screen time.

[–] jim-862 12 years ago

"You! Blabbermouth! OUT!--Ralph Cramden

Agreed about watching it in French. Dubbing is never very good, anyway.

Missing Jean Reno in his mother tongue would bye a cryin' shame, too.

[–] JackBluegrass 12 years ago

I watched Crimson Rivers after seeing "The Professional". Reno's acting style is great, along with his voice. He's a very talented actor in a modern-day film noir setting, like Crimson.

[–] SpanishInquisitionMP 12 years ago

The English dubbing is done by Reno and Cassell. Reno sounds okay but Cassell doesn't sound anything like himself in English. Couldn't watch the thing with the English soundtrack so I just switched over to French.

Because life is just too short for all the stupid people.

[–] JackBluegrass 12 years ago

Better to let the actors and actresses do their thing on screen and not struggle with speaking English by dubbing. We can read the English subtitles easy enough.

Stupid!?! I never called you stupid! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people!

[–] playtoyer 11 years ago

this is a great thriller a great movie jean reno and vincent cassel are great in this movie

[–] rc-108 11 years ago

it was watchable.

I like watching Vincent Cassell, and Jean Reno...

I give it a 6

[–] mischimaus 8 years ago

Les Rivières pourpres is still one of my favourite thrillers. The scenery, the music, the atmosphere, the actors ... It's great! I still watch it a 2-3 times every year.

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