Your Reviews
Like Max Manus, this is an unearthed chapter about Europe's resistance to Nazism. This one centers on a group of Armenian, Hungarian and other middle... european immigrants to occupied France, and their effort to defend their newly adopted homeland from the Nazis. A huge cast and many subplots often make the film a confusing, but the overall effect is a harrowing experience for the viewer of such an indictment of the Vichy French and their arrogant Fascist Collaborators. It ultimately is a tragic story, but we honor the dead heroes by sticking though it to the end. Full Review
Critic Reviews
Was it all for naught? Only weeks after the 23 partisans were arrested (and all but two promptly executed), Paris was liberated. Army of Crime is a passionate act of remembrance.Full Review
This is a solid, spellbinding drama based closely on real history, which along the way offers a not-so-subtle commentary on the diverse, immigrant-rich society of contemporary France.Full Review
Virginie Ledoyen stars as Missak's impossibly lovely, stalwart wife, and a troupe of supporting players give life to the men and women who died not for the miserable France of that moment, but for the vision of what it could be.Full Review
Guediguian's lengthy period yarn features a wide array of characters filmed with his habitual simpatico eye, but loses the dramatic thread in too many plots, too little action and not enough originality.Full Review
Compelling performances and beautifully told heroics but the pacing is flawed in terms of a thrilling cinematic experience.Full Review
