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ACTOR
Yolande MoreauÉmilie DequenneBenjamin BiolayPhilippe Nahon
DIRECTOR
Franck Richard
SYNOPSICS
La meute (2010) is a French movie. Franck Richard has directed this movie. Yolande Moreau,Émilie Dequenne,Benjamin Biolay,Philippe Nahon are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2010. La meute (2010) is considered one of the best Horror movie in India and around the world.
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La meute (2010) Reviews
Rather good fun if slightly scrappy rural horror shenanigans
I wonder whether the script for this one was complete before filming began or whether they just made things up as they went along. The film is a tonal mish-mash, falling into three distinct segments of notably varying seriousness, starting as a coarsely comic affair it then moves into dark "woman in peril" territory, ending in the realms of loopy siege horror. Fortunately things are underpinned by a fine lead, inspired villain and constant dark ambiance that is rather chilling at times. We follow the attractive young Charlotte Massot, driving across France when she picks up a long-haired hitcher. Stopping off at a roadside restaurant they narrowly miss getting raped before Charlottes new friend goes missing and things get worse from here. The film combines numerous backwoods horror tropes into one tasty brew, geographic isolation and cultural isolation with all character bar the heroine being rather strange, threat of being raped, threat of being eaten, broad characters and wonky dialogue, all dealt out with mania that never winks at the audience, no matter what the cliché. Handy performances give this one a big leg up, Emilie Duquenne is a delightful lead, tough but convincingly frayed when things get nasty, and affectingly traumatised when her ordeal gets nasty. Eric Godon gives suitably greased up and shifty vibes as the hitchhiker, while Philip Nahon plays things broad as a dirty minded cop. Highest marks go to Yolande Moreau as physically imposing, fearsomely tough restaurant owner La Spack, homely looks and unwieldy size hiding creepy malevolence and impressive vigor. Director Franck Richard largely plays things unflashy but has some imaginative flair, the film is focused less on action or big setpieces than mood, with plenty of time spent highlighting the grim and grimy art direction, bleak surroundings and atmospheric outdoor conditions. Some gore, though the gore scenes are around just long enough to be appreciable rather than dwelt on. Score and sound design brood, erupting in industrial pounding when events really hot up, a good complement to the visuals. Tighter handling would have helped this one, also some better dialogue but altogether I had a great time. Well worth a look for loopy backwoods/hicksploitation horror enthusiasts.
Nice, but not overall convincing
well, a french one... starts as a road-movie, than being a bloody slasher until a sort of comedy-bloody-fairytale...the actors doing a good job, the plot is twisted...maybe the movie wants to much. when you like horror you be pleased, specially when you like the European style of cinema. has some funny lines in it. but sometimes you be like "o- kay, didn't thought it'll work out like that". but once you feel the vibe of one of the three genres i mentioned earlier and all of a sudden the movies changes, you feel kind of irritated. it's like watching a picture, thinking it's nice - the movies well photographed - but you do yourself a favor if you not asking yourself: whats that all about????
Meandering but still entertaining sort-of-Zombie film
Viewed at the Festival du Film, Cannes 2010 One of the best things about the Festival is how everyone who loves film, whether it's for fun or profit, often piles into a cinema for a shared experience, whereby you get folks of all nationalities and tastes often watching a film they normally might not bother with. The Pack is a perfect example. This is a cross-genre horror film that also wants to make some social comments, especially about the how and why of the creatures, hence my use of "meandering" in the summary. As has been mentioned by a previous poster, it starts as one film, changes to another and then goes a different way. At the same time, the elements do work, perhaps better individually than as a whole. Even so, The Pack is fun and it's nice to see a European horror film get a good reception. The usual genre rules are there: Don't pick up hitchhikers, don't stop at a desolate restaurant run by a weirdo, don't get caged up in the basement as a snack for locally marauding monsters. In fact, maybe give all of France and Belgium a miss? There are the obligatory jumps and shocks, some black humour, the requisite gore and the final last standard. In that sense don't expect anything new from The Pack. But at the same time there is a sure hand on the tiller, except for this meandering, which could have been sorted out at script stage. It doesn't damage the film as more as weaken the effect it could have. But my criticism is more the disappointment of how a good film misses being great, so on that basis The Pack was given a very good reception and makes for some enjoyable thrills, chills and spills.
Well-directed horror with a good story.
Some alternative/metal type chick named Charlotte is taking a road trip. She gets harassed by bikers and to protect herself picks up a hitchhiker named Max. They take a break at a run-down road stop, when the bikers return. Fortunately, the heavy bartender lady takes out her shotgun and the bikers escape. When Max doesn't return from a bathroom stop and Charlotte can't get any answers she decides to stick around and investigate at night. She meets an old guy who sort of plays cop. He, too is looking for someone. When Charlotte goes investigating, she's hit in the head and wakes up in a cage in a barn with some other tourist. They're hooked up to a machine that feeds them something and extracts their blood. Then at night they're hung upside down so their blood drips into the ground. And that's when a pack of creatures rises out of the earth to consume the blood and the victims. But Charlotte gets some help and avoids death. But she still has to find a way out and avoid the creatures. La Meute is a great understated horror movie. It has a unique, different, and great lead character in Charlotte. Unlike her superficial US counterparts, she is tough and wild for real. First-time director Franck Richard does en outstanding job. This movie, despite limited resources is very compelling. It only has a few characters and you're pretty much stuck in this weird wasted trailer park overseeing some city. But at no point does one get bored. The way it is filmed, every shot is interesting. Even the story is fascinating and different. The creatures aren't just some pointless creatures, but we do learn about their origins. And the twists in the story keep you engaged till the very end. This review is of the German DVD version, which is even shorter than the US release for some reason. And on top of that, it's slapped with an NC-17-type rating. German censors/distributors are even more moronic than American. From some scenes in the making-of featurette, I gather this movie is quite bloody. All blood, violence, and gore is edited out in the German version, so I take it this movie is even more horrific in its complete version. Why American distributors chose to edit out 6 minutes I can't imagine. What could the French possibly have filmed that would be so offensive to American fans of horror. In any case, in this era of globalism, to have all these various edited versions by country is just obnoxious and ridiculous. Perhaps it makes sense for theatrical version, but why with DVDs? I hope that this movie will be released in the US in it's entirety at some point. And I look forward to seeing future horror movies by this director. After an exhilarating start, French horror has been going downhill lately. The Pack is a refreshing and much needed movie that overturn this downward trend.
France Takes a Cue From the Saw and Hostel Crowd
In the middle of a snowy no man's land, Charlotte Massot (Emilie Dequenne) picks up Max (Benjamin Biolay), a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant... hilarity ensues. Trying to define this movie, or even give it a coherent plot, is a bit of a challenge. There are definitely elements of "Saw" or "Hostel" with the torture sequences. But that is not the focus. There are zombies (or something like zombies), but it is not a zombie film. And there are outlaws that conjure up images of "Mad Max", but it is not really like that either. Does this film fit into a category? No. Which, I suppose, is both a compliment and a complaint. I will say that the film was beautifully shot and the special effects far exceed the low budget American films that come out these days. I am not aware what the budget of this film was, but I am willing to bet it was not nearly the amount it appears to be. The cinematographer and special effects crew deserve every bit of praise heaped on them.