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Loin du Périph (2022)

Action | 119 minutes
2,60 120 votes

Genre: Action / Comedy

Duration: 119 minuten

Alternative title: The Takedown

Country: France

Directed by: Louis Leterrier

Stars: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte and Izïa Higelin

IMDb score: 5,8 (9.735)

Releasedate: 6 May 2022

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Loin du Périph plot

"Two cops. One case. No clue."

Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two agents with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. Years ago they worked together, but life pulled them apart. The unlikely duo are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them all the way to the French Alps. What seemed like a simple drug deal turns out to be a large-scale criminal case, wrapped in danger and with unexpected comedic twists.

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scorsese

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A decent film in which two cops have to work together when they find the body of a drug dealer. A fairly standard buddy-cop movie and action-comedy. The plot is nowhere near original, but there is enough progress. A number of nice action scenes and the humor is alternately lame and funny.

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sinterklaas

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Louis Letterier, after having taken on a handful of English-language films such as Transporter, Unleashed, and Clash of the Titan, decides to try his hand in his own mother tongue for a change. Namely with The Takedown.

The Takedown? Damn, it's a sequel to that underrated but still so fun On the Other Side of the Tracks with Intouchable star Omar Sy, who is currently shining in French cinema.

Omar Sy is back as Ousmane after a ten-year absence, and it seems he needs to reconnect with his former colleague Monge after such a long time. While Ousmane still retains his streetwise mannerisms but is simultaneously struggling with his role as a father to a teenage son, Monge seems to be able to skillfully brush aside his midlife crisis. Then, at the Gare du Nord, half a corpse is found inside one of the articulated carriages of a TGV. But where is the other half?

With a little reluctance, Ousmane and Monge set to work together and trade the Parisian ghettos for a resort in the French Alps. A resort that does heed the examples of Marie Le Pen. The other half of the body is found quickly; they have to break the sad news to the mother while chickens roam her living room, and discover that it was drugs yet again.

Loin du Periph, or The Takedown, is simply a joy to watch again. The detective work is interspersed with delightful and sometimes rather cheesy juvenile humor. Additionally, the film seems to poke fun at many current affairs (MeToo, woke, the right-wing uprising in France, the term "narcissist"... though remarkably, on the other hand, you see nothing of the coronavirus) and the fight scenes and chases are also well represented. The shoot-'em-up seems to be forgotten a bit too often here.

Nice Netflix entertainment for Sunday night. I was one of the record viewers.

4.0*

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mrklm

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Due to his unorthodox but effective approach, Ousmane [Omar Shy] is thrust into the role of the face of a recruitment campaign for the French police. To complete the campaign picture, he is paired with François [Laurent Lafitte], a spoiled rich kid who values 'the rules' more. With the help of the attractive Alice [Izïa Higelin], they investigate the death of a motorcyclist and uncover a conspiracy in which an emerging populist politician [Dimitri Storoge] may be involved. This late French answer to Lethal Weapon relies not on originality, but on the chemistry between the two lead actors and inventive action scenes.

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