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movie review - The Crimson Rivers

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

This is a French flick about two detectives (Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel) following two separate crimes (a murder at a University in an isolated town in France's mountainous east, and the break-in of a crypt in a cemetary). As the film progresses, they follow investigations that lead them to one another; they ultimately meet at gun-point when the descend on the house of a man who is linked to both events.

The film's pacing is quite good, and it wastes little time wending through a plot that is both original and intriguing (with a couple of gentle wobbles towards the end). And the cinematography is quite unusual for French films; it includes quite a range of shots and scenes.

Over all, a worthwhile film.

Recommended.