Review of Empire of the Wolves (2005) by Diana R — 29 Dec 2007
American cinema has been built on flippant fare delivering thrills and formulaic characters to eager audiences, so why not let the French give it a try... it really works!
'Empire' delivers a dark, brooding and nasty thriller from the writer of 'Crimson Rivers' which manages to stay just on the right side of entertaining in order to weave through what is without a doubt a schizophrenic plot in order to deliver a completely implausible conclusion with a couple of good plot twists along the way.
It's not 'Insomnia' and it certainly isn't 'Crimson Rivers', but if every film had to be groundbreaking or award winning, cinema would be very scarcely functional.
As Maximus Decimus Meridius would say, 'Are you not entertained?'.
This review of Empire of the Wolves (2005) was written by Diana R on 29 Dec 2007.
Empire of the Wolves has generally received mixed reviews.
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