Athena

what a show!!! epic in all its parts from the direction to the music. truly a sublime production and a heart-rending story that keeps you glued to the screen from start to finish.

By far the best french suburban film!

The plot is not so original and the themes are perhaps better explored in other movies (like Shorta\Enforcement for example) but the action is marvellous and unique.
Best action film 2022 and one of the best action films ever.
Shame it was released on Netflix with its crappy picture and audio quality and not in theaters and on Bluray.

Holy shit, the first 10 minutes are insane.

The story ain't anything special or interesting but the entire movie is a goddamn adrenaline rush all the way through.

An absolute visual spectacle that I wish I could have seen on the big screen.

Like parachuting, the initial rush is exhilarating but in the end it slows down and leaves you hanging.

Visually, however it's an epic Greek tragedy, an urban opera... The directing, cinematography and the beautifully long sequences make this good enough to make wish I'd seen it in IMAX.

The opening sequence with spectacular imagery and epic action elevates the movie to such level that the ending felt flat. Camerawork is excellent, so is the direction. Both the lead characters looked in their element especially Karim in the first half. If only for some depth in the story, it would have been a masterpiece. Giving it a 7 (mainly for the visuals and score)

[Netflix] A great choreography that achieves its goal of engaging us in the battle, that kind of "French revolution" of the slums against police violence that creates a spectacular and brilliant visual form, but also offers a deep reflection on disaffection of the marginalized, the lost identity of generations that are not foreigners because they were born in France but do not feel like French citizens either. Co-written by the director of "Les Misérables" (2019), it is something like the adrenaline version of that one.

shame act 3 fell short, crazy good cinematography!

Sad story of a younger brothers death and how thing's spiral out of control in a mayhem of social unrest, which gets all of the brother's involved. Thing's get very chaotic. :thumbsup_tone1:

Epic, it gives me ancient greek stories vibe. The director is good at long take which made audience intense. IMAX level vision