Le chant du loup (2019)

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   Choisai

   Great concept for a story, and great acting. 2 years ago
2. 

   Siskoid

   I've seen many submarine movies, but it's always interesting to experience them from another nation's point of view. The Wolf's Call (Le chant du loup) is France's answer to Crimson Dawn, a tense nuclear thriller set in the current political climate. While we've seen the stuff about nuclear codes, etc. before, the film showcases a lot of advancements in submarine detection and warfare that feel fresh to me. At the heart of the drama is acoustics expert with the finest ears in the fleet and perhaps too tender a heart to be involved in these events. It also means you're on the edge of your sear just listening to underwater sounds, which makes it pretty exciting for a procedural. It is SUCH a procedural that the characters tend to speak in naval code and technicalese even in non-technical scenes, but I like that (pardon the pun) immersion. But procedurals do tend to be plot heavy and in this case, even the romance subplot is a means to an end and the woman is sort of forgotten in the car while the hero is detained overnight for his maverick ways. A minor problem as the detour doesn't take us too far from the suspense and action the movie otherwise delivers. 2 years ago
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   Paravail

   Pretty good, overall. I found it a little uncanny to see a very Tom Clancy-esque story about submarines and nuclear war delivered through the lens of French cinema. Watching a military film where all the characters speak French is unusual enough, and there's a veneer of "Frenchness" over everything that makes it seems a little usually, kind of like with "Leon the Professional." The story is pretty tight, with a few contrivances, and everything is delivered with an unexpected amount of emotional sincerity. Overall, a pretty solid movie, feeling both very familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. 3 years 1 month ago

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