![]() Well, that a nd the creepier side of his personality explain his fixation on young to very young starlets. The storytelling can feel haphazard, which may explain why the guy who ventured into a Joan of Arc period piece (“The Messenger”), an utterly mesmerizing competitive free-diving drama (“The Big Blue”) and science fiction has basically settled into repeated versions of “Nikita” starring fetching young actresses in his dotage. We see rude French folk, a seedy criminal world policed by brusque, hapless and goofily inept cops, Jean Reno and over-coifed and over-dressed antihero criminals and breathless bits of action set to an electronic funk score by frequent collaborator Eric Serra. ![]() Many of Besson’s trademarks - he later wrote (or came up with the stories) and produced “The Transporter” and “Taken” movies - are present in this, his second feature. But “the cool parts” are what you come for - a chase or two, the sight of a pre-stardom Jean Reno as a homeless hustler and drummer nicknamed “Sticks,” the vivid depiction of a subterranean underworld beneath Paris. “Subway” (1985) launched the future director of “The Professional,” “The Fifth Element,” “Nikita,” “Lucy” and “Anna” into the international action spotlight, a thriller with a punchy opening, a punch-drunk finale and a lot of tedium in between. ![]() ![]() Luc Besson built an entire career out of that. Action film fans will forgive a lot if we get enough from “the cool parts” of a thriller. ![]()
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