- Studio: Columbia Pictures
- Release Date: Feb 13, 2004
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- Summary: Dris (Le Bihan) returns to a quiet life with his devoted fiancé after serving four years in prison. However, when Yanis, a childhood friend, lures him into one more heist, Dris can't refuse. (Sony)
- Director: Manuel Boursinhac
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 3 out of 13
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Mixed: 7 out of 13
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Negative: 3 out of 13
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80The atmospheric, richly detailed La Mentale has terrific vitality with its volatile mixture of alternating camaraderie and savagery.
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60Boursinhac and Bibi Naceri throw all the usual elements into the pot: Economic inequality, ethnic tensions, feverish family ties and the titular criminal code, which everyone invokes and everyone agrees is a load of claptrap.
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60Although it offers no new angles on the story engines of loyalty and revenge, the French film boasts an intriguing milieu and the off-center, hair-trigger intensity of Samy Naceri as a crime boss.
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30Probably should have stayed on a shelf back in Paris.
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