Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

punishmentpark Quite a sober, depressing and eerie account of a true tale (different names and some details, though) about a serial killer (he got caught pretty early on, but until then it seems he was only warming up), in which the viewer mostly just follows the main character's actions; a frustrated young man who works as a policeman whose history is mostly unclear, but there are little hints about his utter frustrations and how "his sensitive side was destroyed by a careless society" (or words to that effect), as he himself states at some point in the film.It will be difficult, if not impossible, to prove that the aforementioned details were exactly as in the Alain Lamare case, but the film easily succeeds in presenting a haunting portrait of a man gone completely crazy, but at the same time shows a lot of restraint, has the perfect cover, is quite intelligent and physically apt. Though I will readily admit he made a silly mistake by leaving his fingerprints on those car plates - which is how he got caught.Guillaume Canet plays Franck Neuhart with much conviction, but really, none of the cast members fail; Ana Girardot, as the burdened woman who unwittingly strikes up a relationship with Franck, deserves a special mention as well. The atmosphere and cinematography are appropriately depressing (almost to point of being dreamlike, which reflects the strange state in which Franck is in), in which the beautiful countryside of France - mostly filmed at night, or when it rains or it is misty - helps a lot.9 out of 10.

Sindre Kaspersen French screenwriter and director Cédric Anger's third feature film which he wrote, is inspired by real events which took place in l'Oise, Picardie in France in the late 1970 and an adaptation of a novel from 2001 by a French journalist and author named Yvan Stefanovitch and a French journalist named Martine Laroche-Joubert. It premiered in France, was shot on locations in France and is a French production which was produced by producers Alain Attal and Anne Rapczyk. It tells the story about a police officer. Distinctly and subtly directed by French filmmaker Cédric Anger, this quietly paced and somewhat fictional tale which is narrated mostly from the protagonist's point of view, draws a psychologically reflective portrayal of a twenty-two-year-old son whom whilst in the midst of a murder investigation befriends a person named Sophie. While notable for its atmospheric milieu depictions and reverent cinematography by cinematographer Thomas Hardmeier, this character- driven story about French police history which was made more than a century after a French thinker with the birth name Marie Gouze wrote: "Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason sounds throughout the universe, recognize your rights." a social club called Amis de la Verité or Society of the Friends of Truth was introduced in France, legal equality was ascribed to the Jewish people of France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland passed the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, a French journalist named Julie Victoire Daubiè (1824-1874) graduated from a French University and women were permitted to obtain medical degrees, an English writer named Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (1842-1906) was admitted as a student in the Faculty of Medicine department at the Sorbonne (1150-1970) and a Scottish advocate for women's education named Mary Maclean Crudelius (1839-1877) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire named Dame Sarah Elizabeth Siddons Mair (1846-1941) founded Edinburgh Association for the Education of Women (1867-1892), depicts a cinematically literary study of character.Made more than a century after an English theorist with the initials J.S.M. wrote: "I find it presumption in anyone to pretend to decide what women are or are not, can or cannot be, by natural constitution." an English teacher named Sarah Emily Davis (1830- 1921) became Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge University in England, a French physician named Madeleine Près (1839-1925) attained a doctorate in medicine, an English doctor of medicine named Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836- 1917) opened her own practice in London, England, achieved a medical degree at the University of Paris and was elected as Mayor in England, a German author from Königsberg, Prussia named Henriette Arendt (1874-1922) became a police officer, a civil law enforcement agency which was founded in the early 19th century by a French police officer named Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857) changed its name to National Police, an autonomous public institution in France called University Paris VIII was founded, women were allowed admittance at a public institution of higher education and research in the commune of Palaiseau in Paris, France called École Polytechnique, a twenty-five-year-old French Commandant named Caroline Aigle (1974-2007) became a fighter pilot in the French Air Force and an American singer with the surname Merchant sang her lyrics: "Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me - - stand over my bed ... what they're …" contains a great and timely score by composer Grégoire Hetzel.This momentarily humane and grave retelling which is set in France in the late 20th century and where a French man of the law named Alain Lamare is completely preoccupied with gaining a promotion and daughters are disappearing one by one, is impelled and reinforced by its cogent narrative structure, subtle character development, rhythmic continuity, scenes with Sophie, the reverent acting performance by French actor, screenwriter and director Guillaume Canet and the efficiently understated acting performance by French actress Ana Girardot. A darkly concentrated narrative feature.

Ruben Mooijman A serial killer who at the same time is a law enforcer, helps to investigate his own crimes. That's the subject of this French thriller, based on a true story. The killer seems to be beyond suspicion and knows all the tricks in the book not to get caught. This leads to bizarre episodes: the policeman's face perfectly resembles the police sketch of the presumed killer, but even when he confronts possible witnesses with the sketch, nobody gets alarmed. The film makers not only tell the crime story of how the killer eventually gets caught, but also highlight the Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde-personality of the policeman (or gendarme to be more precise). The killer is a ruthless psychopath, but when he is dressed in his uniform he is a polite, hard working and scrupulous man. So this film is half thriller, half psychological drama. In my opinion, this works well. The director gradually builds up the suspense: more and more elements are found to reveal the identity of the killer, and as a viewer you see the net around him slowly tightening. The film is set in 1978, and the period details are very nicely done. Since there is a lot of driving around, the film makers had to use lots of French cars from that era. This is a nice thriller, in the style of the famous French 'policiers', with an intelligent screenplay and interesting character development.

GUENOT PHILIPPE First, let me explain what a gendarme is, for no french viewers: a gendarme is a sort of military who is in charge of police duty. So, this said, this story is inspired from actual events that occurred thirty six years ago, in the north of France. A serial killer killed many young women, without rape, and it appeared that the murderer was a gendarme, who also investigated on his OWN crimes. Of course, every movie buff will think of Joseph Lewis' SO DARK THE NIGHT, where Steven Geray had the nearly same character Guillaume Canet has here. Guillaume Canet is outstanding in this film. I think he has never been better anywhere else. An astonishing performance. Nothing to argue about the film making or acting. A tremendous piece of work.