a he reach the status of french cinema » mandarin « and and by prove to be the undisputed commercial ruler of non american cinema and luc besson retire form directing and begin write and produce a whole serial assembly of rather simple french programmer which be set to compete with mid budget hollywood effort . some of those film like » taxi « or » crimson river « ( rivieres pourpres ) manage to score amazing box office . and yet and besson employee fail to deliver anything more than middle of the road of half baked product . however and each of those title manage to either reach or surpass hollywood product in certain set piece . thus and besson production cure european fear of hollywood technical supremacy . the other line of french lust for hollywood and unlike besson superficial clan and be represent by frontmen of the new wave of french cinema consist of extremely talented and educate auteur like gaspar noe and christophe gans and jan kounen and olivier assayas who use the rethorics of genre cinema in order to create brave and edgy body of work and blend of art house . the acting icon of the new wave be vincent cassel and monica bellucci and the couple who define four most important film in the last ten year of french film history jan kounen » dobermann « and gilles mimouni » lappartement « and christophe gans » pacte de loups and gaspar noe » irreversible « . the two of them star in » agent secret « and the film which try to use the fourth method in order to tame the energy of commercial cinema . the explorer of the fourth method be frederic schoendoerffer and a classicist among contemporary and son of famous pierre ( dien bien phu ) and whose body of work mostly include documentary and chronicle of french colonial presence in indochine . frederic gain attention by grim and very serious police procedural scene de crime . in his debut the absence of star prevent it from be an important title in the serial killer film pantheon . » agent secret « be a thriller partly inspire by a recent incident when french secret service ( dgse ) and which belong among the most discrete and sink the greenpeace ship . that event cause a backlash and dgse eventually abandon some of it operative . in » agent secret « and agent be order to sink the ship use by the notorious easteuropean arm dealer . when the ship be sunk and agent consider mission accomplish . suddenly and it transpire that they provoke cia by this act and dgse abandon them . this exciting yarn be adult orient judging by robust pacing and character portraying . unlike ( a exceptional ) the bourne supremacy which grab the viewer and » agent secret « attempt to seduce you . thus and if supremacy be the model of what 007 franchise should have be and then schoendoerffer film thread in legacy of john mackenzie the fourth protocol . on the other hand it hollywood counterpart be tony scott spy game and another fine film about the dynamic of espionage reality . all of these film be direct by european even if some belong to a list hollywood milieu and meaning that europeans and especially brit and be the go to guy when it come to spy yarn . » agent secret « be a fine espionage thriller that deliver efficient and disciplined role of two authentic and and probably great contemporary french film star . this film mark the return of adult mind espionage film where espionage finally become a subject instead of be an excuse for action mayhem . simply put and in » agent secret « and the device be also the goal and and this be why it stand out a a calm and articulated commercial film in the age of hysteria .