[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Seen on: November 23, 2008 The players: Director: Mabrouk El Mechri, Writers: Christophe Turpin, Frédéric Bénudis, Mabrouk El Mechri, Cast: Jean-Claude van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine...
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Seen on: November 23, 2008 The players: Director: Mabrouk El Mechri, Writers: Christophe Turpin, Frédéric Bénudis, Mabrouk El Mechri, Cast: Jean-Claude van Damme, Francois Damiens, Zinedine Soualem, Karim Belkhadra, Jean-Francois Wolff Facts of interest: None. The plot: When Van Damme finds himself in the middle of a hostage situation, he shows the world a side of him no one has ever...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
JCVDDirected by Mabrouk El Mechri Written by Mabrouk El Mechri, Frédéric Bénudis and Christophe Turpin Jean-Claude Van Damme Put JCVD into the category of films that no one saw coming. This cinematic oddity first created a buzz at Cannes in May, and was subsequently a hit at the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Directed by a Brazilian,...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
... more authentic way of life, but Mabrouk El Mechri, the director (and, with Frédéric Bénudis and Christophe Turpin, the writer) of “JCVD,” has other plans. A botched bank robbery traps poor JCVD in a tense hostage drama, caught between a motley, semi-incompetent gaggle of crooks and the cops who think he’s one of the bad guys.
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... and the gawking public believe he's the culprit, not the victim.Written by Frédéric Bénudis, Christophe Turpin and director Mabrouk El Mechri, "JCVD" is more than a pop-cultural in-joke - it's also a gritty police procedural that recalls the '70s-era classic "Dog Day Afternoon." El Mechri ambitiously moves back and forth in time and juxtaposes wry comedy against some very brutal violence,...
