...similar to his previous film Le Samourai, in that there are good guys and bad, and there are the cops and robbers. The translation of the title meaning the Red Circle was based upon a Buddhist motto about those people who are destined to meet, eventually will. In this film the types of scenes included are an escaping prisoner, murder scene, police man-hunt, mob battles and an armed robbery to steal diamonds. The film starts off showing a German named ... ...film as well as the Le Samourai, I noticed that in both films Alain Delone’s character roles are extremely identical, where he plays a cool guy, lacks emotions, says very little, and just does the contract job that is asked upon him. Inspector Bourvil is characterised strangely by a nearly retired man, who I found most strange in this particular acting role, as if to say that had a policeman let a prisoner escape, the last thing his superiors would ...
costas1234 28.06.2008 (31.05.2009)
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A huge box-office success on it initial release in France, Melville's masterful take on ... more
the American crime thriller is a perfect synthesis of the Hollywood gangster film with his uniquely French style.Starring the glacial Alain Delon as a master thief,...
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