Esquadrão de Elite

A remake of "Squad Without Limits" almost frame by frame, here we have the most efficient action scenes, even more dramatic and with few comic strips, the previous one had none, they tried to clean the police bar a little, softening the scenes of corruption, gave a good revamping in the version of 2012, slightly superior, except for the absence of the smoker kid, who turned into a pregnant smoker, a regular movie like the predecessor...

If you watch this and you have a Deja Vu (how french of me), than you're onto something. This is a remake of the British movie "Sweeney". It's not point for point and it takes certain liberties (it's shorter for that matter than the original), but it does have a lot of moments too. The relationship between the Reno character and three other characters in this are nicely drawn out.

Not as fine as those that are shown in the British original. But the charming nature of the cast at hand here and the well shot action scenes, really give it a lift. The important parts have been transfered to this french version, but as said this is a smaller affair (no pun intended). If you've seen the Original you might therefor feel a bit cheated upon ... not unlike someone in this movie!

This is a fun cop movie and the French are very good at doing this kind of film.

Although I feel that Jean Reno is too old to do this role. He could be the commissioner, but I don't believe him as someone who could be in the middle of the action. I also don't believe in the romance. This thing of old guys with young women has to stop.

A group of cops are after a very clever criminal, who hasnt been caught for years. Will they finally catch him?

The good: the actors. We get to see a cast of French actors that are simply rock solid, with Jean Reno in another macho cop role and he does perform it to the T. All the other actors are good as well and they have great chemistry.

More good: there are some nice heist and chase sequences, which are not riveting, but enjoyable enough for such a standard crime flick.

Any bad? Well, there are some attempts at romance in between, which serve no point to the action plot, But perhaps some folks like a bit of romance and husband and wife stuff. I dont care much about that, because I watch it for the ACTION, of which there is plenty of (fortunately).

All in all another well made French crime flikc, definitely not the best, nor the most thrilling,, but it'll do nicely as an enjoyable pastime...

There was no novelty in the gunfight between the police and the bandits. As a result, the scene was still petty, and then there was an extramarital affair. The pot chowder is not delicious.