{"id":20270,"date":"2016-03-28T20:02:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T00:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=20270"},"modified":"2016-03-28T20:06:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T00:06:11","slug":"enrages-rabid-dogs-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/28\/enrages-rabid-dogs-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Enrag\u00e9s (Rabid Dogs) (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A group of four bank robbers run into trouble while attempting to escape.\u00a0 Their simple plan of robbing a bank and getting away goes terribly awry when one of them is killed and the others take hostages.\u00a0 They eventually get on their way to possible freedom with a father and daughter as well as a woman; however, the road to this freedom is littered with obstacles and violence. Enrag\u00e9s is a new adaptation of the short story \u201cMan and Boy\u201d by Michael J. Carroll which was previously adapted by Mario and Lamberto Bava in 1974.\u00a0 Here the screenplay is written by Yannick Dahan, first time writer and director Eric Hannezo, and actor (yet not in this film) Benjamin Rataud.<\/p>\n

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Hannezo and Rataud being first time film writers, bringing in Dahan who previously write the fun French zombie film La Horde was definitely a good move.\u00a0 The writing here is good and moves the story at a good pace while set in part in an overcrowded car, this was not easy to achieve and highly necessary.\u00a0 The characters are well developed without giving everything about them away.\u00a0 This adds to the mystery behind some of their motives and keeps the viewer involved in the story.<\/p>\n

First time director Eric Hannezo builds suspense and tension as the characters become more nervous and desperate.\u00a0 Having them all in the car for an extended period of time could have killed the film, but here it adds to the conflict between the characters, to the violence (not always physical) towards each other and ultimately leads to a bad situation becoming much worse.\u00a0 His cast is mostly composed of experienced actors which was a wise choice here as they all share most of the screen time, giving them a lot of interactions and discussions which was all well directed and if course acted.<\/p>\n

The cast here is led by Guillaume Gouix as Sabri the lead bad guy with his acolytes being played by Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud and Franck Gastambide.\u00a0 On the good side, as the hostages, are veteran actor Lambert Wilson as the father, Virginie Ledoyen as the woman, and M\u00e9gane Lem\u00e9e as the sleeping child whose scenes are minimal really.\u00a0 The standouts are Lambert Wilson, Virginie Ledoyen, and Fran\u00e7ois Arnaud.\u00a0 Wilson as the father to a child with a peculiar health issue imbues his character with a detached care for his child while coming off as a man who is not be one to mess with.\u00a0 Ledoyen starts rather helpless or in shock and eventually takes a turn where the viewer will believe that she does want to get out alive but is a caring human who cannot leave this child with these men.\u00a0 Arnaud, the sole Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois actor in the lead group, comes off as a real creep with little to no morals; he\u2019s in it for himself and wants to enjoy the ride.\u00a0 This lead cast is surrounded by decent to very good actors who, in most cases, don\u2019t get a lot of time to shine.<\/p>\n

Enrag\u00e9s (Rabid Dogs) is an entertaining film with tension almost throughout.\u00a0 As someone who has not seen the 1974 version (correcting this soon), I cannot judge if it\u2019s a good remake or even a different adaptation of \u201cMan and Boy\u201d by Michael J. Carroll.\u00a0 However, as a film fan, I can say it\u2019s worth viewing, the story and action being quite good as well as for the tension and scenery.\u00a0 On a side note, the film was shot in Montr\u00e9al and the Qu\u00e9bec countryside meant to pass for France, which means that anyone familiar with downtown Montr\u00e9al will recognize some of the streets and buildings making it a bit difficult to get into the story at first, but this is easily forgotten once they leave the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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