Anthony Zimmer [MA] - French

Anthony Zimmer is a notorious drug smuggler and money launderer… one of the smartest in history. All his operations are legal and the police are completely unable to track him down. So, the cops start following his girlfriend, hoping she’ll lead them to him. However, Zimmer is wise to this plan and tells his girl to choose a man at random, seduce him, and then trap him, leading the police on a false trail to the wrong man. 

A very subtle game of cat and mouse, Anthony Zimmer was a fine film packed with chases, false trails, mysteries, and romance. It was a good film. 

Anthony Zimmer is a notorious drug smuggler and money launderer… one of the smartest in history. All his operations are legal and the police are completely unable to track him down. So, the cops begin to trail his girlfriend, hoping that she will lead them to Zimmer. But Zimmer is wise to their plan and tells his girl to choose a man at random, seduce him, and then trap him by making the police believe he is Anthony Zimmer. Francois Taillandier, a recently separated man down on his luck, becomes the victim of Zimmer’s vixen’s wiles, but the plan takes a turn when he falls for her and becomes determined to do anything, even risk his own life, to have her. 

The story itself is brilliant and has so much potential. I think the downside with this film was the fact that everything was really subtle and I felt that the film did not push the story’s potential far enough. Thrillers, by nature, are meant to be really gripping and thrilling, but unfortunately, I just didn’t feel either with this film. 

On a more positive note, the aerial shots of the scenery were absolutely breathtaking! And the music during the more intimate and romantic scenes was very lovely. 

Starring Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal, Sami Frey, Gilles Lellouche, Daniel Olbrychski, and Samir Guesmi, Anthony Zimmer was great story, but a too-subtle film. It’s not as though I didn’t enjoy it, I just feel that it could have been more. 

Filled with mysteries, chases, gunplay, murder, and romance, it was a fine film, but not one that I would watch again.