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Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

vostf Bastille Day, as it was originally titled for release, is so badly crafted it never reaches the status of a real action feature film. On the whole it is hardly worth more than direct-to-video stuff.Sure action scenes are well done and some plot twists are nice, but the result is just a rushed up series of action scenes and transition/exposition talk scenes. To me it looks like the director is good at shooting music videos or short clips but is totally at a loss with the idea of creating a real rhythm spanning 90 minutes or so.Idris Elba is underused, as usual in movies, so he is not able to bring much more life to that stubborn reckless character. The rest of the cast is OK, they also have very little to work on.Worst of all is the plot. Although some twists revealing part of it are good, in the end it only succeeds in being both nauseous and stupid. Bastille Day graduates here into the Z movie realm: just don't be fooled by the budget and competent cast, producers wanted a quickie and they got what they deserved with this stinking quickie.

tntula while the movie is fairly good and keeps your attention with non-stop action.... the location usage is ridiculous to anyone who has been to Paris... take for example the chase scene... first it starts at what appears to be around the 16th Arr, and then suddenly he jumps through a window and is now near les halles and hotel de ville.. and then when he runs though les halles and he exits and gets caught, he suddenly is kilometers away in the suburbs near mairie de lilas metro at a small covered outdoor market.. lol.... .. other are just as ridiculous... ...

richard-1787 There isn't much of anything to this movie, other than a lot of fast action, with the usual "collateral damage." Idris Elba is an actual actor, but he has no material to act with here. So, for that matter, is Thierry Godard, one of the leads in the French TV series Un Village français, but here he gets nothing at all.Every now and then there are allusions to current politics in French - the National Front, etc. - but they don't go anywhere, and are not explained.Not much is done with the Paris setting. No pleasant scenes in the Eiffel Tower restaurants, or along the banks of the Seine, etc.There is no point in summarizing the plot, such as it is, because it's not very interesting. Suffice it to say that, when all is said and done, this is actually about an impossible bank holdup.If you decide to watch this movie - and I can't imagine why you would - watch it late at night when your mind has shut down and doesn't catch all the holes in the plot.

lavatch "The Take" (also known as "Bastille Day") is a solid thriller with creative action sequences and a stellar set of three characters.Idris Elba plays the role of Briar, a maverick CIA agent attempting to thwart terrorists on the loose in Paris. He links up with two civilians who assist him in holding off a terrorist plot on Bastille Day, France's celebration of independence in 1789.The two civilians are an American pickpocket played with deadpan humor by Richard Madden. A mousy Frenchwoman named Zoe (Charlotte Le Bon) also assists with inciting a mob at a crucial moment in the film.At the heart of the narrative is a plot by a group of rogue policemen, who plant a bomb, then falsely attribute the explosion to the members of a local mosque. The police conspirators go all the way to the top of the administration. The objective of their terrorist acts is not political; rather, their goal is an enormous heist of the French treasury! It is interesting that much of stock footage of Paris focused on churches, including the basilica of Sacre Coeur and the Gothic cathedral of Notre Dame. Indeed, the denouement of the film occurs inside a church. It was not clear what statement, if any, the filmmakers were intending with so much emphasis placed on the church.The action culminates in the modern equivalent of the original attack on the Bastille fortress, but, in this case, Zoe leads the crowd in attacking the national treasury in order to stop the police! In the bonus segment of the DVD, actors Idris Elba and Richard Madden discussed how they relished in playing these roles. The banter of the two characters and an amazing chase scene on top of the buildings of Paris make this action film one of the finer thrillers of 2016.