At The Movies for Wednesday 30 August 2023

AT THE MOVIES #937   SHORT CUTS

 

Simon Morris looks at three movies that take certain short cuts to reach their audience.

 

 

A great friend is a typically French character comedy, that takes the old city slicker/country bumpkin formula and adds some unexpected twists.  Starring Lambert Wilson (Mrs Harris goes to Paris) and Grégory Gadebois (Délicieux).

 

 

 

Sound of freedom is an American surprise success – a low-budget real-life thriller about rescuing kidnapped children from traffickers in Colombia.  Stars Jim Caviezel (Passion of the Christ) and co-produced by Mel Gibson (Passion of the Christ).

 

 

 

 

And Retribution sees Liam Neeson in Speed territory – trapped in a car with a bomb primed to go off under the driver’s seat.  Co-starring Noma Dumezweni (The little mermaid) and Matthew Modine (Stranger things).