Made of clichés and borrowings from the best pieces of modern American and French action/thriller movie-making, EDL, nevertheless, does the job. It's a solid action experience with mood, political edge and stylish imagery.
What really spoils it is that it doesn't offer anything new, so if you've seen Leon, 5th element, Crimson rivers, Wasabi, and/or Vidocq you may skip this one having lost almost nothing.
I only hope that some sunny day French directors will stop reproducing old tricks, creatively mimicking Hollywood, and find their own path again. No doubt, they can do much better than this.
What really spoils it is that it doesn't offer anything new, so if you've seen Leon, 5th element, Crimson rivers, Wasabi, and/or Vidocq you may skip this one having lost almost nothing.
I only hope that some sunny day French directors will stop reproducing old tricks, creatively mimicking Hollywood, and find their own path again. No doubt, they can do much better than this.