Un détective de New York enquête sur la mort de sa fille qui a été assassinée lors de sa lune de miel à Londres. Il recrute l'aide d'un journaliste scandinave lorsque d'autres couples à trav... Tout lireUn détective de New York enquête sur la mort de sa fille qui a été assassinée lors de sa lune de miel à Londres. Il recrute l'aide d'un journaliste scandinave lorsque d'autres couples à travers l'Europe subissent le même sort.Un détective de New York enquête sur la mort de sa fille qui a été assassinée lors de sa lune de miel à Londres. Il recrute l'aide d'un journaliste scandinave lorsque d'autres couples à travers l'Europe subissent le même sort.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Detective Sergeant Agneta Hoglund
- (as Eva Rose)
- Pieter Holl
- (as Dylan Devonald-Smith)
- Male Detective
- (as Daniel Sjoberg)
Avis à la une
The main issue was the amateur screenplay put together by the novel's author, Liza Marklund, and newb writer Andrew Stern. Had a seasoned screenwriter proofread and edited the script, this film would've been impressive.
The 104 min runtime dragged on with terribly slow pacing. This film should've had the pacing sped up and/or the writing cut down to about 85-90 mins max.
Directing by Danis Tanovic was adequate, except for the annoying fade-ins to out-of-focus dizzying shots. The cinematography was decent however, and the score quite fitting. Casting and performances were on point, particularly from Morgan.
This film isn't much of a who-done-it, as we find out underwhelmingly half way through, but more of an international chase, of which also ended as underwhelming, with a silly final scene.
Still, not as bad as the critics say it is. I still enjoyed it, and it's a generous 7/10 from me.
It is however fun to see my hometown Stockholm in the movie !
The film is not bad. Don't get me wrong. It has a good base premise: murders that imitate famous works of art all over Europe, with the father of one of the victims desperately trying to catch the culprit. But it's not at all original, it does the same things that we're tired of seeing in established films, and it doesn't manage to go beyond the usual recipe to offer us something that makes it stand out. And there is a huge problem that partially ruins the film: we discover the identity of those who are killing people too soon and, from there, it is only worth watching the film to see how the police will hunt down their target.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a very solid and competent protagonist, able to commit himself and give the character the consistency and anguish that it demands. Undoubtedly, the actor's performance is a bonus in the film. Despite being heavily criticized, I think Famke Janssen wasn't that bad. She does have depressing moments and sometimes goes overboard, but she gives us a relatively satisfying job, and doesn't have many opportunities to really fail. Joachim Krol seems to be out of place and lost. Naomi Battrick is quite good, taking into account that she is not a frontline actress and has handled a character who demands a certain charisma and attitude; Ruairi O'Connor, honestly, cannot say he is happy, he erases himself even in scenes where he is more visible.
Technically, it's a regular film without great merits, but it doesn't fail too much either: the European settings and landscapes, always pleasant no matter how commonplace they may be, are joined by standard cinematography and ordinary work on the costumes. Some well-crafted effects and a lukewarm soundtrack make for a cohesive and functional, if forgettable, whole.
This was such a great idea for a movie, but they killed it.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesConnie Nielsen was the first choice for the role of Valerie Kanon and actually shot part of her scenes, but due to problems of conflict with another set she had to give up finishing the film, she was replaced in the course of work by Famke Janssen.
- GaffesThe address shown on the envelope in Belgium includes the postal code 78605 for Brussels. Belgian postcodes have only 4 digits, not 5, and the codes for the 19 Brussels municipalities are all situated between 1000 and 1210. The "Rue de Lessines" exists, but it is situated in Molenbeek, postal code 1080.
- Citations
Inspector Klau Bublitz: It seems Simon Haysmith was impotent in more ways than one; he specifically selected them both.
Jacob Kanon: Early genetic engineering at work.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- El asesino de las postales
- Lieux de tournage
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Montant brut mondial
- 181 415 $US
- Durée1 heure 44 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1