Largo Winch
Directed by:
Jérôme SalleCinematography:
Denis RoudenComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mélanie Thierry, Gilbert Melki, Karel Roden, Steven Waddington, Anne Consigny (more)Plots(1)
Billionaire and corporate kingpin Nerio Winch has been murdered, and the suspects are innumerable. It would seem like nearly anyone might have had the mogul wacked, and things only get more mysterious when it's revealed that Nerio had a secret son -- a boy he adopted from a Bosnian orphanage three decades ago named Largo. But Largo has been accused of drug trafficking, and is being held in a jail in the Amazon rain forest. What seems like an odd coincidence soon proves to be the ultimate case of corporate intrigue. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews (1)
I'm gawking. I wasn't expecting anything special, but I got a solid adventure thriller with a few good action scenes, a brisk atmosphere, nice colorful cinematography, Desplat's energetic music, a likable main character, and Karl Roden to boot. The story is not complicated or surprising, but it is skillfully presented and, despite the large number of flashbacks, very clearly told. It also earns points because it's not about saving the world or anything heroic like that, but about "ordinary" money. Four pure stars.
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