Die purpurnen Flüsse (2000)
8KDie purpurnen Flüsse: Directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. With Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel, Nadia Farès, Dominique Sanda. A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.
“The novel by Jean-Cristophe Grangè on which this film is based is simply one of the best thrillers ever written,in the same league as The Silence of the Lambs and Misery,and with the help of writer/director Mathieu Kassovitz(who was also supposed to be one of the actors)the author has successfully brought his masterpiece to the screen.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFrom the very beginning,thanks to the location and Bruno Coulaisu0026#39;unsettling score,we realize French people can make good horror thrillers: Pierre Niemans(Jean Reno) is in Grenoble to solve a couple of weird and brutal murders,while Max Kerkerian(Vincent Cassel)investigates a damaged tomb somewhere else. Soon they discover the two cases are connected,and the two men have to run against the clock in order to uncover the awful truth about whatu0026#39;s been going on in the local university for years.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe book has been simplified(the first chapter is entirely missing,as well as some of the details about Casselu0026#39;s case),but the movie manages to be very interesting,and the chemistry between Reno and Cassel is great.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSpecial praise for Dominique Sanda,her creepy cameo being the filmu0026#39;s best sequence(Sissy Spacek appears in a similar scene in The Ring 2).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOnly defect:why did they make the sequel?”
