Review of Le Samouraï (1967) by Mjs M — 15 Nov 2008
A very influential film from Jean-Pierre Melville. This is the granddaddy of the super assassin with a code of honor genre. Alain Delon is excellent as a highly disciplined hitman, his look is iconic and the character has been copied in many other movies.
Surprisingly though, Melville spends very little time actually focusing on this cool character. Frustratingly, the film spends most of its time focusing on a fairly mundane police investigation into his activities, which is very frustrating.
The whole thing gets a bit closer to what I was looking for in the last twenty minutes, but it was disappointing none the less. I got a lot more out of Jim Jarmusch?s pseudo remake Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
This review of Le Samouraï (1967) was written by Mjs M on 15 Nov 2008.
Le Samouraï has generally received very positive reviews.
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