Vidocq

2001 [FRENCH]

Action / Crime / Fantasy / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller

8
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 23877 23.9K

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Plot summary

Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to avenge Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...

Director

Pitof Photo
Pitof

Top cast

Jean-Marc Thibault Photo
Jean-Marc Thibault as Leviner
Edith Scob Photo
Edith Scob as Sylvia
Karen Strassman Photo
Karen Strassman
Inés Sastre Photo
Inés Sastre as Préah
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
898.03 MB
1280*698
French 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 1
1.8 GB
1916*1044
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HotToastyRag 5 / 10

Steampunk action fantasy

Want to see Gérard Depardieu in a steampunk action fantasy? Then you'll want to watch Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq. It's a bit weird, but lots of foreign movies are weird, just as I'm sure lots of American movies are weird to non-Americans.If you're into the fantasy genre, you've probably seen lots of movies like this. A mysterious killer who never allows anyone to see his face. The hero killed off in the first five minutes, falling into a fiery pit and leaving the other characters the rest of the running time to solve his murder. That old strudel. This isn't my usual film fare, but I'll watch literally anything with Gérard in it, so the scenes he was in were worth it.DLM warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. Be on the lookout for swirling cameras that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"
Reviewed by o_cedar 6 / 10

Much better than I was expecting...

I really wasn't ready to enjoy "Vidocq" having heard a friend of mine telling me he felt like throwing up in the middle of the movie, due to the peculiar camera angles and motion. But having some time to lose while waking up in front of TV, why not take a look?And I was really taken in that old-Paris atmosphere, which I found strangely bewitching... I did not find the special FX better than in other big budget movies, but "different", finally something original, kind of an nightmarish, apocalyptic surrounding... The storyline had some nice parts to it, but we could have had more. Depardieu was pretty good, Dussollier as well, as opposed to a dreadful Guillaume Canet...Overall, an interesting movie, with pluses and minuses, I was glad to see it but I won't buy the DVD.... 6/10
Reviewed by hokeybutt 7 / 10

Gerard Depardieu Meets The Phantom

VIDOCQ (3+ outta 5 stars) Visually impressive mystery/thriller taking place in France around the time of the French Revolution. Gerard Depardieu plays the title character, Vidocq, a brilliant criminologist who is on the trail of a mysterious caped villain who wears a mirrored mask. In the opening scene the villain knocks Vidocq into a fit of fire and a young journalist (Guillame Canet),who is writing a biography of Vidocq, traces the great detective's last steps to bring the mysterious caped figure to justice. So we get flashbacks to Vidocq's investigation inter-cut with the writer's search. Depardieu makes for an interesting hero... sort of a cross between Sherlock Holmes and a professional wrestler. (You rarely saw Holmes pick up a villain and hurl him across a room.) The computerized special effects look a lot better in this movie than they do in some bigger-budgeted Hollywood movies... the backgrounds all have a veneer of unreality about them and yet they are still convincing. The conclusion is not much of a surprise but the discovery of the villain's identity is still pretty satisfying.
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