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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Nerio Winch, self-made tycoon and head of the mysterious corporate empire known only as W Group, has been brutally murdered. Due to an absence of siblings Nerio's legacy is in danger of falling into the wrong hands. Without a suitable replacement the W Group will be destroyed. But Nerio had a dark past and a deadly secret: an adopted son by the name of Largo Winch. Adventurer, assassin, killer, maverick and international playboy, Largo Winch is the last of a dying breed. Now head of a global corporation he must fight for what's rightfully his and avenge his father's death. Bullets will fly and heads will roll in this highly explosive, spectacular thriller that gives Bourne and Bond a run for their money. Based upon the highly successful comic book series and novels by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme, Largo Winch takes action cinema to another level. ...Largo Winch: Deadly Revenge
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The DVD unfortunately has no extras except for a trailer. Transfer (in 2:35) is very good. There are no subtitles for the English-speaking parts, but there are English subtitles whenever the language spoken is not English.
The film is excellent. Sadly a bit unknown, probably because of its French/international personality, but it's certainly better than the James Bond films of the last 40-ish years. It's very entertaining, and a very good adventure thriller in its own right: the plot and script are very tight, the direction is excellent (with the tension actually depending on direction rather than Bourne-ish shaky cams, and with great emphasis on location), and the pacing is very even and decently built. Finally: Alexandre Desplat's score really is the icing on the cake. Certainly in the top three of action scores in the decade. Highly recommended film, certainly for this ridiculously low price!
The film is excellent. Sadly a bit unknown, probably because of its French/international personality, but it's certainly better than the James Bond films of the last 40-ish years. It's very entertaining, and a very good adventure thriller in its own right: the plot and script are very tight, the direction is excellent (with the tension actually depending on direction rather than Bourne-ish shaky cams, and with great emphasis on location), and the pacing is very even and decently built. Finally: Alexandre Desplat's score really is the icing on the cake. Certainly in the top three of action scores in the decade. Highly recommended film, certainly for this ridiculously low price!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This higly explosive and entertaining thriller is based upon the hugely successful comic book series and novels by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme. Great action cinema with great actors (among which the talented Kristin Scott Thomas!)... in the same league as Bourne, Bond and Co. Second cinema adaptation of Largo Winch with Tomer Sisley in the lead role hits European movie theatres in February 2011!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Largo Winch is one of those big glossy disposable action films that France regularly turns out to prove that they can do that sort of thing as well as Hollywood. Based on a hugely popular series of Belgian novels and later comic books and clearly intended as a jetsetting James Bond-like franchise, Anthony Zimmer director Jerome Salle's film kicks off with Miki Manojlovic's billionaire murdered on his yacht, throwing the fifth largest conglomerate into the world into panic until it emerges that he had a secret adopted son (Tomer Sisley) to whom he's left 65% of the shares. Of course, what with a hostile takeover bid from a shady Russian gunrunner (who helpfully introduces himself with "I'm the story's bad guy"), a traitor in the company's ranks and the odd attempt on his life, this is more interested in chases in exotic locations from Hong Kong and South America to not-so-exotic Croatia than boardroom manipulations. As such it's a slick, enjoyable and forgettable package with no surprises - it doesn't take much to anticipate each plot development before it happens - but which provides undemanding entertainment if that's what you're looking for. Like Group W, the film's something of a multi-national itself, shifting from French to English to Croatian to Spanish as the locations demand, with the cast a similar mixture of French (Gilbert Melki, Melanie Thierry, Anne Consigny), British (Kristen Scott-Thomas, Steve Waddington, Benedict Wong) and East Europeans (Karl Roden, Radivoje Bukvic), but it manages to avoid the usual indigestible Euro-Pudding feel by virtue of its relentlessly globetrotting plot. A sequel's already in the works, co-starring Sharon Stone in an effort to get the theatrical release in the English-speaking territories that this didn't manage.
The only extra is a trailer but the disc has a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer.
The only extra is a trailer but the disc has a decent 2.35:1 widescreen transfer.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I'd never heard of the comic...
Before going into this movie, I had no knowledge of the Largo Winch character having never read the comics or played the videogames. Read more
Published 5 months ago by BPR
Cosmopolitan twaddle
This is not bad for a few quid although I would have been disappointed had I paid more. The film owes alot in style to the James Bond of the Pearce Brosnan era which is pretty... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ian Thumwood
Not good !
This is a well made film, but has little action.
I found it to be boring and uninteresting.
A big disappointment.
I found it to be boring and uninteresting.
A big disappointment.
Published 16 months ago by Mr. David Neil Tait
Good Looking But Dopey French Take on JB
Largo Winch(Tomer Sisley) the illegitimate son of murdered business tycoon Nerio Winch is brought in by company secretary(Kristin Scott Thomas) to head up his father's business... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mark Pearce
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