Arés

 

Arés 2016

• Director: Jean-Patrick Benes
• Based on a book: no
• Cast: Ola Rapace, Micha Lescot, Thierry Hancisse, Ruth Vegas Fernandez, Eva Lallier
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Ola Rapace – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Skyfall, Svinalängorna, Tusenbröder, Tillsammans
• Ruth Vegas Fernandez – Upp till kamp
• Why? Ola Rapace
• Seen: 18 October 2020      

       Paris 2035. Fifteen million unemployed and countless living on the street. Corporations own France and the people whose bodies they purchase, and often kill, for experiments.

       Reda Arés (Rapace) was a successful fighter until ten years ago when an experimental but completely legal steroid gave him a stroke. Now he’s a cynical loser with a sister and niece active in the underground movement fighting against the corporations.

       He’s set up for a new powerful drug. He can’t refuse because his sister has been arrested on trumped up charges and his two nieces are in danger.

       It’s been called a French Blade Runner.

       It’s much better. It’s an intelligent political humanistic dystopia and beautifully filmed.

 4* of 5

 PS I had no idea that Swedish Rapace could speak such good French but according to IMDb he’s studied at university in France.