Ganglands Creator Julien Leclerc returns to Netflix for a new entry in their fruitful, action-packed decade-long collaboration. Branded as the first series created in collaboration with the French elite squad command, the thriller plays as you’d expect but, more unexpectedly, turns into an emotional and intimate family drama. But creatively, does it hit its target?
If Tomer Sisley is known as one of the leading people among Netflix subscribers messiah (2020) and global high-concept sci-fi show whirlpoolHe has enjoyed a steady career as a recognizable protagonist in both French films and series. In the last two decades, he is best known as the face of largo winch In comic book adaptations, and TF1 smash hits BalthazarA mild process that recently ended after five seasons. Here, he plays Sylvain Caron, a high-ranking GIGN officer who is nearing his last mission in the field. But before that, she must reluctantly welcome her godson Max (Tristan Zanchi)—and the son of a colleague killed during a botched operation decades earlier—joined the force. His own master, Christophe (Thierry Neuvik), he also gets bad news; and his wife, Jessica (Judith L. Zein), is considering whether he should leave the country and move to Singapore with his daughter, Manon. But after the ceremony for the new recruits, things will explode as a shadowy terrorist group is targeting members of the force with military-grade explosives. As the synopsis suggests, the past will come back to haunt Sylvain and Max in more ways than one as things rapidly begin to unravel.
elite force First and foremost, this is another demonstration of Julien Leclerc’s genuine talent as an expert action director. He directed a film depicting a real-life high-risk GIGN operation, assaultin 2010; We can also see glimpses of framed headlines from that operation in the first episode of the series. But unprecedented access gives Leclerc and his crew greater leeway to conduct real-life hostage operations and interventions with the seal of authenticity. The constant ballet of bullets, group positioning, and defuses bombs along with new information in the field – in training or in real life – is worth the price of admission, even with some elements that stretch believability – however, nothing out of the ordinary for a genre show.
But the main focus is on Sylvain’s family, whether with colleagues, known as siblings in odd circumstances, or on his actual and extended family: Max, his wife, and their daughter. even though one would expect elite force While making a point of showing Max’s first forays into the field – and we see several training sequences confirming this – the show actually amps up the family drama aspects to the point where it eventually takes center stage later in the series. Faced with an out-of-control terrorist situation and painful consequences, Sylvain’s honorable and respectable behavior becomes risky; He eventually joined the “strong, silent type” ideal of his American counterparts. But both authors—co-authors as well as Leclerc Sylvain Caron, Victor Lockwood, Leia RoudAnd elsa vasseur-And his own superiors are not letting him escape because of his borderline vigilante tendencies. In fact, in some dialogue-oriented scenes, Internal Affairs Inspector Commander Saint-Just (Geraldine Pelhas) counts among the season’s most tense and revealing.
Max (Tristan Zanchi), a new recruit who has a very close relationship with the central character. (CR: Netflix)
As an anti-terrorism thriller, elite force Delivers the goods and even manages to surprise with a few twists that shows an assured control over the genre. The thing about this well-crafted cocktail is that some of the relationship scenes featuring Karen’s family take too long to hook us into and end up feeling very dull and functional for the first half of the show. Additionally, Tristan Zanchi isn’t given enough space to differentiate his character Max from the competent newbie who still disobeys orders and makes more than a few mistakes along the way. This reliance on well-worn tropes smoothes the edges of a project that would otherwise lack much impact. Unfortunately this leaves little screen time to utilize its supporting cast, who are mostly sympathetic and accomplished professionals beyond Cedric’s (Guillaume Gouix) Explosives expert and unit’s MVP, Tanya (Leanna Chen). But the whole package is sustained by a moody, ever-present score, courtesy of the composer laurent perez del marWorth your time.
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decision
What begins as a tense, precise immersion in a typical intervention unit soon turns into an action thriller with a variety of shades 24 And other cult thrillers. Yet, despite some shortcuts in character development, Julien Leclerc and his crew’s deft hand with action and twists help make the operation a success.
