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Le pacte des loups (2001)
So much better than anything Hollywood has yet produced
This is one of the most thoroughly enjoyable films I've ever watched. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and so are all of the principal actors with a wide range of good looks.
Samuel le Bihan in the lead role gives an understated performance that lends a quiet and intense strength to the Chevalier de Fronsac with a clever humor that kept me smiling through much of the film. Mark Dacascos' fighting is always wonderful and especially so in this film. After watching "Le Pacte", I want to see his film "Crying Freeman" also directed by Christophe Gans. Vincent Cassell is outstanding in his role as is Monica Bellucci as a beautiful and mysterious prostitute. Emilie Dequenne is very charming and humerous as a young noble woman. Jeremie Renier is someone to watch for. That boy's star is on the rise.
The movie is filled with action, suspense and clever humor. The costumes are outrageously gorgeous and accurate for the time period. Though this was a high budget film for France, in Hollywood it would be considered low budget. Too much money poured into a film must kill the creativity. You would have to go way back in time to find a Hollywood film as creative as this one and you won't find one made anywhere in the United States with an artistic sensibility that compares to this. "Le Pacte de Loups" must have gotten just enough money to put it together but not enough to let technology replace all signs of creativeness. I hope Christophe Gans continues to direct on a mid-range budget so that he doesn't become just another 'Hollywood director of technology'.
Get ready to kick back, relax and have a thoroughly enjoyable evening watching a great film.
The Omega Code (1999)
Evangelists spend millions to stupify movie audiences
This was absolutely the worst piece of tripe I have ever had the misfortune to subject myself to. I could feel brain cells rapidly disintegrating as each scene assaulted them. I have no idea how many IQ points I lost while allowing the movie to play out. Is it possible that anyone actually liked this piece of garbage? It is "tele-evangelism goes to the movies", and even worse than any TV preaching that I have ever seen.