Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Michael Allen
Directors: Yannick Dahan, and Benjamin Rocher.
Writers: Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher, Arnaud Bordas, and Stéphane Moïssakis.
Is it the end of the world already? The widely anticipated North American DVD release of La Horde will hit stores Dec 21st, 2010. This video will certainly be one to delight fans who are familiar with the stars of French entertainment—actor Eriq Ebouaney (Cape of Good Hope, Kingdom of Heaven) plays Markudi and rapper Doudou Masta plays Bola, his brother. They demonstrate a chemistry that’s normally reserved for a Quentin Tarantino product.
This engagement helps because what happens throughout the film is atypical for a gangster flick. After the murder of a detective at the start of the film, certain members of the French police decide to go vigilante on the worst night possible for life in Paris. The dead are rising and there’s no explanation for it.
This situation forces both sides to forge an uneasy alliance and what happens is a peek into man’s inhumanity when it comes to survival. In this case, it’s an exploration about the nature of the beast in the trenches and the camera-work reflects it.
The cinematography is top notch, giving that grungy peek into life on the streets, and the fast-paced editing keeps even the bloodiest scene looking grim before the zombies arrive.
The violence found here is a juxtaposition of life in the ghettos to a battle in the two great wars. That’s probably what director-writers Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher were intending. Or, perhaps, this film is an allegory for the race riots in France back in 2007. The references made in the script to the Nigerian or the Chinese are no doubt undeniable, but when issues of race are involved, audiences really have to start to wonder.
And this film proves that the collective imagination of two directors can be more engaging than just the stuff from Hollywood. While Dahan has a ten-year history in film and Rocher’s is just starting, this team is certainly worth paying attention to in the future for no-holds-barred bloody action.
4/5
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