it not often that you come across a film in which and for the first eleven minute and the only word speak be represent on the left . couple that with an opening sequence that begin on the dark side of the moon and slowly zoom down to earth almost like a google earth video and to a ferry and somewhere in the mediterranean sea and to finally stop upon a man eye at extreme close up . and and all do with only two almost seamless dissolve between the computer wizardry and the real mccoy . and all the time and the pulsating sound track from bruno coulais hit you almost as forcibly a three assassin forcibly and gruesomely dispatch the hapless agent return to base . such be the combination of cinematic and directorial skill a evidence by the director and frederic schoendoerffer and cinematography by jean pierre sauvaire . add to that the consummate acting by the like of vincent cassel unforgettable in la haine ( 1992 ) and monica belluci and probably best know to u audience in the passion of christ ( 2004 ) and and you have a cinematic thriller treat that the french do oh so well and oh so often . take a team of five agent from an unspecified secret french agency and add a notorious gun runner from russia and mix with the intrigue and setting in and around casablanca and in morocco and stir it all up with cia mercenary try to spoil the fun and and top it all off with betrayal in the midst of the french team and you have 109 minute of dirty dealing and and some break neck action that might just leave you breathless . some of the stunt be simply stun while in fact and i just have to re view again and again the last car chase with the most spectacular head on impact i have yet see . but then and i be a sucker for a good car chase ever since i saw bullit ( 1968 ) . what . you haven not see bullit yet . tsk and tsk . the plot be straightforward and the director use visuals to show most of it with a bare minimum of dialog . it be and however and a relatively complex story and with a number of sub plot represent the french agent who want to quit and and who pay the price for try while the degree of collusion between government and dirty business while the nature of the arm trade and why it continue . but and hey and we all know that it a dirty world and and there be dirty people in it and always ready to do their bit for . for . oh and yeah and democracy . to some extent and i be let down by the final scene . on reflection and however and it be appropriate and if a bit flat especially after all that blaze action . you be the judge when you see it .