Nid de Guipes (The Nest) (2002)
Starring: Samy Naceri, Benoit Magimel, Nadia, Fares, Pascal Greggory, Sami Bouajila
Director: Florent Emilio Siri
Screenplay: Florent Emilio Siri, Jean-Francois Tarnowski
Running Time: 107 minutes
FRENCH take on Assault of Precinct 13 is a good little number that comes with an interesting, albeit flawed, synopsis that makes it just as good as the John Carpenter original.
Set pieces are well constructed, and the camerawork is fast-paced without losing the viewer. Talent is all good, with a nice turn from Naceri as the defacto leader of thieves, and Fares is believable as the female head of the special forces. Only thing that left me wondering out loud was how a legion of Albanian gangsters not only managed to get in France unnoticed, but managed to do so with a cache of weapons that could arm a small third-world dictatorship.
3.5 stars out of 5






















