Steineded How sad is this?

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Ish Reyes If you don't speak or understand French, don't watch this movie. The translation in the subtitles is atrocious. Seems like the translator couldn't speak a lick of French or knew very little English.Movie starts out OK but bogs down trying to justify too much Jean Reno's role as Charlie, a nice man with high morales that just happens to have been (focus on the pas tense) a vicious mob boss. Good story, and Jean Reno keeps it moving in the last 30 minutes. I kinda hoped that the lady detective would play a more active role and at least killed somebody, but at least she didn't meddle too much in Charlie's payback.

swiftii This film starts with great promise. It has a decent cast, it's well acted and well shot. We know we're looking at a revenge film, but at first it appears that it will at least be an original and interesting take on the genre with some insights into the French criminal underworld. After 45 minutes it becomes glaringly obvious that this is unfortunately not the case.Our protagonist is a retired mob figure and loving family man who is shot 22 times by 8 masked gunmen and survives. He then goes on a hunt to take down each of the 8 shooters as well as the man who ordered the hit. Cue, horrifically clichéd dialogue, and a plot as formulaic as an episode of Sex and The City. If there was a little comic relief or if it was all played a little more tongue in cheek, this would have offset the frankly patronising predictability of the plot and the awful dialogue, the likes of which Arnie would have laughed at for being too cheesy.Jean Reno is very watchable as always, and there are at least some reasonable chase sequences. The films biggest problem is its inconsistency. I'm always happy to sit down to a good old adrenaline pumping gruesome gangster flick, but this films spends half its time trying to do serious drama which only makes the other half even more laughable.

Tim Kidner I have to admit that 22 Bullets is quite a bit more violent than I'm comfortable with; bursts, yes but this revenge thriller starring the venerable Jean Reno is fairly constant, unrelenting and rather ugly.Yes, it's certificate 18 and is about mobsters, current and ex, slaughtering each other, so I shouldn't be surprised and of course, I could have turned it off. But, it's quite a good movie, quite a long one at a whisker under two hours and so I stuck it out. My three stars is not altered by feelings on this aspect.Reno, as Charly Mattei is reliably grizzled and back in his native language, does not suffer the stumbling block he had with the English language that he did when he made films in the U.S. Here, he's natural and believable - not exactly likable but it's impossible not to side with him when he stalks his enemies. There's a pretty high body count, accompanied by some very realistic looking wounds, that really aren't very attractive to look at! The make-up department did well, here.The music has a big part to play in creating the tone, often thunderous and pounding and along with often frenetic camera-work, the film's undeniably jolting and exciting, though those prone to suffering one may well get a migraine as bad as the one that one of the mobsters did.There are a good number of reviews for this title that outline plot details. I'm going to leave that out - people don't need to read that over again.All in all, it's a solid movie on a familiar theme, quite involved with some exciting action and stunts. Reno is very good, as all the actors are. If you like your thrillers full-blood and graphically violent, then this could well be an excellent rental or DVD purchase. Me - it's not my favourite and will leave it at that.

Lars DM The reason I decided to watch the film was mainly the participation of Jean Reno. However, the overall taste fell below my expectations.The most disturbing issue in the movie is the existence of roles (actors) which offer nothing to the plot. For example, would it make any difference in the story if Jean Reno had only one wife or none instead of two? Do you actually remember the name and the participation of the third member of the three children which then comprise the mafia gang?Moreover, the movie seems very predictable and Jean Reno very old for this kind of story. However, he is the one who survives from this bad and indifferent movie.To conclude, I think that there is nothing to remember from this film which seems to count only on the leading actor. Disappointment!