Eat the Night

Eat The Night is a French movie worth watching. Categorized as an adventure/drama/thriller on here but I would just say it's a drama with a touch of crime. There are three major characters, played by Théo Cholbi, Erwan Kepoa Falé and Lila Gueneau Lefas, and it's their complicity that makes it interesting to follow. They speak the French of the streets so if you're not very familiar with that you might need subtitles. This movie deserves a higher rating on here, it's a good drama with a lot of things going on, and with very convincing acting from the entire cast. The videogame scenes were well done, something different but good.

This film has been highly underrated on Imdb and I am honestly surprised! This film has been made with real film making and story telling skill. The script is superb, from beginning to end, and does not fail at any point like a lot of films that start out well. The characters are superb too, well cast, well developed, and I connected to them very easily and deeply, even though the language was French.

The digital aspects of the film were outstanding I thought, and woven into the story beautifully.

All in all, I was able to feel real and strong emotions, and that is rare nowadays. I would highly recommend this film!

I wasn't sure I'd like this but rapidly got into it. The three main actors were personable, attractive and interesting. Bizarrely, Night and Pablo were giving off gay vibes as soon as they met - or was it my gaydar? I was sure that they would get it on together (not a spoiler - IMDb mentions this in the summary) and I'm glad I hadn't read that plot outline beforehand.

The supporting characters were strong - the gang members really looked like disaffected youth from the cité. And the plot revolving around drug dealing was true to life showing the strict demarcation of areas belonging to rival groups.

The film also showed that yobs have a softer side - Louis understood and loved his father and Ange, capable of the most terrible crimes, seemed enthusiastic in his scene with dad. Of course, this love could lead to the most awful consequences and did.

As for the gaming, I have no idea if the fantasy sequences looked like a real game or not - I have never played.

This was a self-contained story that didn't flag at all. Definitely recommended.