Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

PoppyTransfusion This film has me reaching for the sorts of superlatives that make me cringe such as cracking, awesome and uber-cool.The opening credits feature a CGI Doberman pointing the barrel of a gun at the audience before peeing over the credits on screen. This type of slightly sick and perverse humour pervades the film that starts with a most surreal christening at which the young Dobermann aka Yann (Cassel) gets his first gun and acquires his canine moniker. From here we proceed to modern-day Dobermann holding up a security van using the gun that was his christening gift. The main characters, criminals and cops are all introduced to the audience within the first 30 minutes and thereafter the film builds to a crazy, chaotic and violent conclusion as the two clash in the aptly named nightclub - Joe Hell. The clash when it comes is graphic and sadistic and one merry ride to hell as a demented cop named Cristini (whose name swipes at religion and is brilliantly played by Karyo) breaks all the rules and ethics to nail Dobermann. He gets his comeuppance when Dobermann, with his wife Nat's (Bellucci) assistance, rips half his face off by running it along the road in a moving car. This scene is electrifying partly because of the way the film builds to the confrontation between the two characters. Some complain the film lacks plot; the only plot is their confrontation and the rest of the film is context to this final bloody scene of vengeance.The film reminded me of quite a few other heist films such as Heat and Reservoir Dogs although the characters in Dobermann are a more motley crew. But unlike other films it never takes itself seriously and is completely irreverent and disrespectful towards the establishment in general and the police and religion in particular. The director Kounen has Manu (Duris) wipe his ass with a page from a respected French cinema magazine whilst the Abbot (my favourite character, played by Bettenfeld) continually makes religious pronouncements with some of the best lines. After killing one cop with a grenade in a motorcycle helmet Abbot announces he has joined 'the paradise of headless man'.The film also has a great dance/ambient soundtrack provided by Schyzomaniac that pulses throughout the film and includes The Prodigy's Voodoo People. This film surely features one of Vincent Cassel's most charismatic turns as leader of the pack; *the* Dobermann.

eighty_t Story follows the gang of bank robbers trying to pull of the greatest heist of all times by robbing every major bank in the city, in one go. In their way stands an evil cop who will stop at nothing to get the gang leader. Violence is quite strong, and people are dropping like flies. The strongest point of Doberman are the hilarious characters who include murderer priest, brass knuckles specialist Pitbull, Sonia The Blowjob Artist and many others. Top stars Cassell, Bellucci, Karyo and all the rest of the cast are really at their top form. There is plenty of laughts and rude humour in it, great shootouts and excellent soundtrack. If you can through the opening credits with smile the rest is just an entertaining ride. People who enjoyed early Tarantino movies will like this one. Watching well recommended.

Andreas Moss Dobermann from 1997 is a quite destructive movie, which to mewas kind of a drag to watch at times, but still fascinating.Lots of the humour that I think the movie aimed to have kind ofdrowned in its pretty dark, violent and almost depressiveatmosphere. Vincent Cassell was good in this, and fans of the gorgeousMonica Belluci probably won't be disappointed either. It quite reminded me of Gaspar Nóe's "Irreversible". Dark andawful, but more diguised as a cartoonhero movie. Just thatDobermann had no actual superpowers. I know the movie wasn't aired here in Norway due to its graphicnature, and I can understand that. Try it if you like French cinema and just can't get enough ofTarantino.

Elad ZZZ I found this film 97 percent very good - it's running with an excellent-made action, ultra-violence, beating music and a reiterative plot (therefore the 3 other percent). What I really did like was the editing that contribute the film very realistic feature (more then others movies that futile just because the editor was merely an amateur) and the beating and the hitting scenes looked very good with then.although the film is delivering the goods - from the prospective of the visual side (and in a very good way, i must add) - it's failing miserably in delivering an intellect/thoughtful message or somewhat of a meaningful point. Of course, I don't criticize the film too much about that, though i prefer the point-making-movies.This film is for those who like action films with a lot of violence and a tepid plot, that it's only pure purpose is to the bring the viewer a 90 minutes of mid pleasure - which it does!