Der Außenseiter (1983)
45KDer Außenseiter: Directed by Jacques Deray. With Jean-Paul Belmondo, Henry Silva, Carlos Sotto Mayor, Pierre Vernier. The story is about Commissioner Jordan who arrives in Marseille to combat drug trafficking activities in his own unique way.
“With Belmondo as with many of the things that matter, either you love him or you donu0026#39;t. I do, and it comes in the family, so be forewarned :).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are films that demand not to be analyzed. This is one. Belmondo is a cop who behaves like a gangster to, well, get the gangsters behind bars. His code of ethics wouldnu0026#39;t win medals in any police academy, even a Third Worldu0026#39;s. Speaking of which, the way we see Marseille, it could well be Turkey or Bolivia :). Facts are not stylized, our hero kills and fails to be killed just by chance. You feel the danger, for instance, when he gets into a squatteru0026#39;s den in order to rescue the daughter of somebody whom he put into jail. Heu0026#39;s a hardened man, always with a good blunt answer: u0026quot;You should have thought about this before!u0026quot; is what he says to this man when he moans that his daughter has been caught by this delinquents. But then, he gets the victim out of trouble, from an environment that makes his real u0026quot;nemesisu0026quot; look less menacing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMorriconeu0026#39;s score doesnu0026#39;t disappoint, as usual. u0026quot;Beautiful, elegant, tense, suffocating and full of melodramau0026quot; (written by Paul Werkmeister u0026quot;miser42u0026quot; on Amazon).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s difficult not to compare this to the masterwork of the genre: THE PROFESSIONAL. While it remains at the top, this would make a great 2nd best, specially if you donu0026#39;t want to get emotional at the end.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePierre Vernier makes a great if unusual (and thus, welcome) sidekick. Like Jordan, sometimes he doesnu0026#39;t need to utter a word to answer. Henry Silva is finely cast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEnjoy!”
