Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Aspen Orson There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

SnoopyStyle Magistrate Annemarie Livi (Tilda Swinton) is searching for former Vichy Pierre Brossard (Michael Caine). Colonel Roux (Jeremy Northam) is assigned on the case. A Jewish vigilante group is tracking Brossard but he is able to kill his pursuer. He is desperate to hide with the help of a diminishing group including certain supporters in the church. Back in 1943, Vichy leader Marshal Petain created the military force Milice to assist the Nazis.This movie should be an action thriller with Jeremy Northam hunting down his prey Michael Caine. Northam doesn't have the charisma to lead and the movie is spread out with Swinton and Caine. Norman Jewison may not have it in him to direct a thriller. This is a random cat-and-mouse game that doesn't have enough tension.

ma-cortes After France fell to Germany in 1940 , the Vichy regime was set up under Marshal Petain . In 1943 , the Vichy government created a military force called Milice to carry out the Nazi occupiers . When the war was over many of those involved were prosecuted for war crimes . Some get away . A few rose to power . Pierre Brossard ( Michael Caine ) committed crimes against humanity and collaborated with Nazis in WWII . Today Pierre follows hidden by priests of Catholic Church that sheltered him during fifty years and is being protected by a strange sect called The Chevaliers of St. Marie . But a judge ( Tilda Swinton ) and a colonel ( Jeremy Northam ) are investigating his past . Meanwhile , a mysterious murderous ( Matt Craven) is pursuing Pierre to kill him .This TV movie produced by Canadian television in association with BBC packs suspense , mystery , thrills , action and is quite entertaining . Jewison cast some largely known actors as Michael Caine , his wife well played by Charlote Rampling , the starring duo as Tilda Swinton and Jeremy Northam , and a remarkable support cast as Ciaran Hinds as Inspector Pochon , Alan Bates as Bertier , Frank Finlay as the Comissaire and several others . Atmospheric musical score by Norman Corbeil and appropriate cinematography by Kevin Jewison , director's son . The motion picture is professionally produced and directed by Norman Jewison . He is a prestigious and veteran filmmaker, his greatest film is of course Jesus Christ Superstar . He considers The Hurricane (1999) the last in a trilogy of racial bigotry movies he's realized, the first two being In the Heat of the Night (1967) and A Soldier's Story (1984).The film terminates with an epilogue based on real events , that says the following : ¨At 5:00 am , on June 29, 1944, in Rilleux -La-Pape, France, seven Jews were executed ¨. The movie is dedicated to those seven men and the 77.000 other French Jews who perished under German occupation and the Vichy regime .

whpratt1 Enjoyed this great drama and thriller dealing with the killing of seven French Jewish people during World War II. Pierre Brossard, (Michael Caine) was present during the execution of these Jewish people and after many many years pass, Pierre is still being hunted down and goes into hiding within the walls of the Catholic Church in France and he is even given financial help in order to stay protected from being killed. One day, Pierre is driving his car and is followed by a man who was out to kill him and Pierre whipped out a gun and killed this man without any problems. This picture also shows how religious Pierre is because he is always praying and asking priests to absolve him from the killing he has recently performed. Tilda Swinton, (Annemarie Livi) and Jeremy Northam, (Colonel Roux) are both assigned to investigate this case which has been reopened and they both gave great supporting roles, it looked for awhile there might be some romance between these two, but they seemed to like flirting than getting into a serious romance. Michael Caine might be getting older, but he sure carried this film on his back, right to the very end.

robwealer There were a few concepts that are regularly delivered in thick spreads and contrivances by a cast, with the exception of Michael Caine, who are not up to the complexities of the subject matter. It actually looked like the actors themselves didn't really believe in what they were portraying and at odds internally with the ham handed, prejudicial and unreal aspects of the story ie. universal hypocrisy within the church and among ALL it's members, not an honest catholic to be found, all these people were sniveling hypocrites skulking around relying on the principle of absolution without remorse or recompense, atonement and it got a bit thick at times. There was a way to portray the seamier side of church behaviour and politics but this film didn't get it. It came off like a masturbatory exercise to be indulged by judgmental agnostics and atheists both on and off the screen and made to appeal to popularly held though not necessarily universally correct beliefs about religious organizations. Am not a church goer or a defender of catholicism by any means but this film got lost in popular mythology at the expense of the truth.