La traque

Surprising to see the negative response this film has received on this site.

It is a usually convincing account of a Nazi Hunter couple who dedicated themselves to tracking down Klaus Barbie - "the Butcher of Lyons", which moves briskly through a complicated and occasionally confusing succession of events spread between Europe and South America. It gives the impression of being special pleading, using a limited budget effectively. It's not outclassed by the more ambitious MUNICH, which shares some of its personnel and intended audience.

Touches register, like the meager life style of the Klarsfeld's contrasted with the luxury of Barbie's existence or Attal's clicking the hammer on the empty pistol held against another target to demonstrate the possibility of his assassination,

Maybe I'm sheltered from the short comings of the spoken material by my ignorance of most of the languages but the always impressive Franka Potente speaking them, manages to convince me.

Attal's awful hair piece is the major distraction.

This movie is a really poor performance. The actors are all overacting, neither do they catch your sympathy or interest to get involved in the story, not that there is much of a story. Its also at times extremely confusing and irritating when they switch from french to German language constantly. The scenes are to short and is cut Jason Bourne style like it was some kind of action film, in an attempt to make the story more spicy. The film has no characters, no drama, no action, no humor in addition to the lack of a real story. It has nothing. So if you spot this in the shelf at the video store do not assume that it is a film like München or similar like I did. It is not. Total failure