Fratelli nemici - Close Enemies

First time ever rating a film. I saw the current rating of 6 and I found it totally unfair. This deserves way more attention. Netflix please stop filling the top 10 films with ridiculous titles and make us discover gems like these!

A great piece of independent film making. Matthias Schoenaerts delivers a powerful performance. Highly underrated.

Tightly woven gangland thriller. The pacing was upbeat. For a crime based gangster piece it also has soul. Really appreciate the angle this was aiming for even if it does miss the mark in some areas.

An authentic film noir from France as I crave for. Pulled by two promising actors: Mathias Schoendoerts, who has the perfect hoodlum face, lost man who faces his doomed destiny; and Reda Kateb, who is not used to crime movies, rather dramas. One of these men is a cop, the other a gangster. Both grew together. The last seconds are so powerful, so poignant. A pure fist in the face. A kind of MANHATTAN MELODRAMA scheme,the 1936 MGM production starring Clark Gable and William Powell.

It has been a while since I've seen a good crime drama movie. Fratelli nemici - Close Enemies (2018) would be in the list, although, not high in it.

Manuel Marco is trying to solve the mystery of who rat him and his partners out in a drug sale, leading to the death of his best friend Imrane. Things end up even eerier when an old friend shows up to give a helping hand.

The investigation element is kinda missing here. We don't see some detective work taking place to get facts straight. Driss, as he mentioned himself, knows everything about the drug world and is very informative. In fact, too informative.

Even though Manuel is trying to collect facts, it appears that Driss is always one step ahead, telling Manuel, and us, what is going on or what is the lead. Most information comes from facts that do not happen in-camera. They are just reported by someone.

I guess Rémi was not used correctly. His character had a lot of potential in the story but they couldn't fit him in with a better purpose.

The plot is OK. Nothing really major happens and, in the end, there is nothing you would not expect. The ending is very powerful, I will give it that.

I would say Fratelli nemici - Close Enemies (2018) is definitely recommendable. I can't say amusable to everyone.