Les spécialistes

1985
1h 34m

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6.4/10

1.2K

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Caper Action Adventure Crime

During a routine transfer of prisoners from one jail to another, an accused cop killer, Paul Brandon, is temporarily chained to a con with only a year left to serve, Stéphane Carella. Paul b... Read allDuring a routine transfer of prisoners from one jail to another, an accused cop killer, Paul Brandon, is temporarily chained to a con with only a year left to serve, Stéphane Carella. Paul bolts pulling the reluctant Stéphane with him. They escape to a farmhouse whose lovely owne... Read allDuring a routine transfer of prisoners from one jail to another, an accused cop killer, Paul Brandon, is temporarily chained to a con with only a year left to serve, Stéphane Carella. Paul bolts pulling the reluctant Stéphane with him. They escape to a farmhouse whose lovely owner Laura lost her husband to a cop's bullet; so she agrees to assist them. Once out of thei... Read all

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When Carella opens the bag, the spectator sees only 500-franc bills. 3 billion francs makes 6,000,000 bills, each weighing about 1 gram. That's a haul of 6 tons. Difficult to transport in a single bag and to carry like an ordinary sports bag.

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Referenced in L'aventure des spécialistes (2002)

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A fine Buddy film with delicious subtext.

This is a really fun buddy film of the homoerotique variety.

Paul and Stephan have a delightful relationship. Things start out with Paul in charge, but hat doesn't last long. Even the lovely Laura, who helps them out, thinks that they belong together. The previous commenter describes the symbolic nature of what was going on but he fails to mention the chemistry of the two characters. Paul purrs in Stephan's ear, they fix each other's clothes and the end... well the ending... They might as well ride off into the sunset together with a just married sign.

I do disagree with the previous commenter about the dialog. In French it is very witty. I did have a bit of trouble with some of the slang but I flipped on the subs and it cleared alot up. The setup of the job was concise and clear, the cinematography was beautiful, the dialog was sharp and fun, there was a nice twist to the plot and a nice enjoyable resolution. Parts are reminiscent of Ronin but they were filmed in the same area and with the same intent, so I would expect similarities. But where Ronin is dark, Les Specialists is light.

I would absolutely recommend this film to anyone for a fun afternoon's viewing. The scenery is gorgeous, the boys are gorgeous and the pace is fun. It isn't War and Peace but as I don't like War and Peace, that is a good thing...