i should say first that i do not know the book this movie be adapt from and so i just mean to give an opinion on the movie itself and the way it handle . director mathieu kassovitz have be in the business for a while now and be a well complete actor a well and still something about this project go wrong . the story itself seem solid and somewhat i can imagine the book be just great but the movie look rush with only the most important and visual part show . actually and it a kind of annoy experience a you can see how really good it could have be if they only do a good job on the background and the storytelling instead of mix everything from the book in an action pack movie . now be totally honest and the action isn not great at all thanks to the shaky hand cam effect ( the bourne legacy i guess . ) and uninspired choreography . same go for the acting represent depardieu and wilson be easily the bad represent they would have read the script for the first time it wouldn not have surprise me . consider all the good material it certainly feel like a misproduction and someone say the director and actor vin diesel be have different opinion and i do hope the latter won because if kassovitz do it the way he want i would be really disappointed . we have be award with such great movie around the same kind of subject ( child of men to name one ) that this one seem pale compare to those .