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Chris Jones
19May12
There is pimp, there is pimper and then there is pimpest. "Le Cercle Rouge" is, unquestionably, the pimpest.
Michael Harbour
16Jan12
A well made heist film with fine performances (as one might expect from Melville working with Delon, Montad, et al.). Intellectually satisfying, occasionally funny, but rarely very emotionally involving.
Ross Patterson
12Jan12
Hardly Melville's most evocative work, but a good example of his style and still a stellar heist-flick.
Gylfi Reynisson
20Oct11
Melville was such a master of making those cool, quiet characters with a sense of code and honour. This was a terrific heist film, much better then his next and ultimately last film, Un Flic.
WhatsUpWill
20Oct11
I love how economical Melville is with his dialogue. He knows that film is first & foremost a visual medium. He's a creator of pure cinema. There's never a point in any of the films I've seen of his where the dialogue feels unnecessary, which is more than you can say for contemporary crime film directors today such as Refn & Tarantino. Great film. The mise-en-scene constantly took my breath away.
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pjjrfan
10Sep11
I am becoming a big fan of Jean-Pierre Melville, his Army of Shadows left a big impression on me and this movie just makes me appreciate his style even more. The movie just moves at a steady pace I knew how it would end yet I was still hoping they would get away with it. I gotta see Le Samouri as soon as I can get a hold of it.
Zac Zellers
21May11
wow~!! the coolest heist film. so stoic. so well-dressed. so good at interior design. not cheesy at all.
Lucas Granero
21May11
Posiblemente se trate del punto donde Melville logra poner en orden todas sus preocupaciones sobre el policial. Una especie de extremismo de lo ya expuesto en la anterior "Le Samurai", donde toda esa concepción polar de la acción adquiere matices grandiosas. Los hombres son de pocas palabras y de acción mas bien directa. No dan un solo paso en falso y lo único que los termina sepultando es su propio orgullo. Gigante.
Aimee
25Mar11
this is one of those great build-up heist films that isn't saturated with car chases and hammy character lines (but theres nothing wrong with those kinds of movies either). The shots are just as calculated as the heist itself. we're not really invested in any flashback sequences or in the backgrounds of the characters themselves, its very focused in the moment (and to an extent, of the future heist).
SahilZafar
10Mar11
Melville is the Man! Excellent movie. Like his previous movies Melville used very little dialogues to create a supreme crime thriller. Alain Delon's acting was mesmerizing. Recommended
Transit Yolcu
2Mar11
The beginning scenes are just great, especially the scene where Delon plays billiards and a makes a red circle with chalk, i am just impressed. But i don't like the heist scene though, i really love the development of characters through silence..
ruby stevens
20Feb11
not one of my faves. hate delon's mustache for one thing. i'll take le doulos or le deuxieme souffle
richmondhill
5Feb11
A rollicking riff on the mechanics of the gangster film. Splendidly realised in nearly all respects – taut construction, crisp direction and photography, generally tight performances, etc. – this is the most expansive – and obviously enjoyable – of Meville’s Gallic ripostes to the Americans. If not quite text book, it’s a deliciously odd mix of an exuberant delight in the genre assembled with a cool detachment.
Border Radio
21Jan11
I found myself annoyed rather than enamoured with its all too blatant coolness. The heist scene is great though.
john connolly
28Aug10
your a group of pseudo-intellectual arseholes of the class Melville detested, any of you even had a school fight? never mind rob an institution. X.
Reginald Healer Marcellin
23Jun10
Other than the "All men are born innocent.." heavy handedness, this was one really classy film. Loved the heist scene. Weak climax though..
Devon Hansen
16Jun10
i agree with allan. the ending was a bit uninspiring, but all in all a pretty excellent heist movie. needless to say, it's no le samourai. it would have been perfect with a good twist, which is what i was expecting, but i was ultimately disappointed.