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A notorious kingpin of the Albanian Mafia, Abedin Nexhep (Angelo Infanti) faces trial over the kidnapping of young women who were put to work selling their bodies on the streets of Western Europe. Laborie (Nadia Farès), a beautiful high-flying officer in the French Special Forces, is charged with escorting him to the court, and faces the monster with grim determination. Abedin has many dangerous enemies, and even more dangerous friends, who will risk everything to halt his capture. When the police convoy is ambushed en route to the courtroom, Laborie and her team are forced to seek refuge in a nearby warehouse, where they discover a gang of thieves in the critical stage of a big job. With Abedin's friends firing down on them from outside, the captives of the warehouse are united in the fierce fight for survival. Rivalries and the law are cast aside as they face the furious assault - will any one of them make it out alive?
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Hawfinch
Format:DVD
A very slickly produced and directed French thriller combining elements of Rio Bravo, Night of the Living Dead, Assault on Precinct 13, and James Cameron's Aliens.
A bunch of disparate characters (security guards, petty thieves, and a unit of French Special Forces troops) find themselves holed up and under siege in a high-tech warehouse. Their attackers, who wear night-vision goggles that make them look like alien insects (the wasps of the French title "Nid de Guepes"), are members of a ruthless Albanian mafia-style militia intent on recovering their captured leader who is also inside the warehouse.
What follows is a spectacular series of action set pieces that would put many Hollywood directors to shame. Importantly, though, director Florent-Emilio Siri has not forgotten the importance of character in this kind of film. A first-rate cast which includes Samy Naceri, Nadia Fares (as a Ripley-style kickass heroine) and Pascal Greggory (a veteran actor of French film and theatre), and an intelligent, pared-down script, make this one of the most surprising and impressive French films of recent years.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
so yes, this film is great fun - the other reviews have given a good account of that.
What they haven't mentioned - which is worth alerting you to - is that the subtitles on this release are v.poorly done (find a different release version if you can).
Firstly they appear actually on the picture, which might be common, but when they're bright yellow and can appear well up the screen if there's a lot of dialogue, is not acceptable. Second, they have only instituted subtitles seemingly for the deaf - you are told in brackets when a door opens, or gun shot is heard etc. All-in-all a pitifully lazy and inept/uncaring subtitle implementation...
What they haven't mentioned - which is worth alerting you to - is that the subtitles on this release are v.poorly done (find a different release version if you can).
Firstly they appear actually on the picture, which might be common, but when they're bright yellow and can appear well up the screen if there's a lot of dialogue, is not acceptable. Second, they have only instituted subtitles seemingly for the deaf - you are told in brackets when a door opens, or gun shot is heard etc. All-in-all a pitifully lazy and inept/uncaring subtitle implementation...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By godzilla78
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Format:DVD
I have to agree with the positive comments made by the other reviewers. Its a frantic battle for survival for a rag tag bunch of petty thieves, french special forces and a few factory workers who fall under siege from a vicious Albanian criminal and his high tech forces. It's an enjoyable romp with elements of assault on precinct 13 and it's a nice change from the similar genre hollywood churns out by the dozen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Full-on French madness.
This is a short review for a really good French shoot-out. Cops, and gangsters, both trapped in the same place, fighting others, who don't know who is in there. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. P. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superior!
s i m p l y d o e s n ' t g e t a n y b e t t e r !
Published 3 months ago by Christian Edlmayer
4.0 out of 5 stars
Assault On Warehouse 13
Abedin Nexhep, Godfather to the Albanian mafia is due to stand trial in European court, charged with running an extensive prostitution network. Read more
Published 8 months ago by West25
3.0 out of 5 stars
Slick French movie resembles Rio Bravo
Three desperate teams descend upon an isolated warehouse complex in this action packed thrill ride. A small team of elite soldiers escorting a prisoner team up with a gang of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. S. Storey
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Nest
Teenage boys will enjoy this film but it's like a computer game where the only story line is that there are 3 rival gangs shooting at each other and then 2 of them against one of... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Fiona
4.0 out of 5 stars
Precinct 13 revisited
A good action film, well paced and acted. Worth buying. However, when I was watching it I felt that I was watching a French remake of Assult on Precinct 13 with the good guys... Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2010 by HarryGijon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Non-Stop Adrenaline Fuelled Knuckle Ride!
This has to be the most enjoyable action flick I've seen in ages, and thanks to Amazon I'm going through DVD's like loo roll after a dodgy takeaway. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2010 by Mr. P. Meagan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not really the sequel to "Jean De Florette" I'd been expecting...
Who on earth decided to release this to the non-French speaking market..? Folks in Blighty who buy French movies want Gerard Depardieu and a bit of frolicking with a sawn-off... Read more
Published on 2 May 2009 by Ivan Zehdra-Maychayne
2.0 out of 5 stars
The Nest
Watchable, but very predictable. Not much of a plot ,more of a mish-mash of others mixed together. The characters are very 2D, no in depth characterisation. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by film - buff
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Nest
A good film, though fans of Sami Naceri may be disappointed that he doesn't play a major role in the majority of this film. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Simon Hatfield
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