La sirène rouge (2002)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Olivier Megaton

Writers:

Alain Berliner (written by)
Robert Conrath (written by)

Release Date:

21 August 2002 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Action

Plot:

Nearly 13, Alice rebels, telling the Paris police that her mother is a murderer. Alice has no evidence; her mother...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Police Station | Mercenary | Interrogation | Lisbon Portugal

Cast

Jean-Marc Barr	...	Hugo
Asia Argento	...	Anita
Frances Barber	...	Eva
Andrew Tiernan	...	Koesler
Alexandra Negrão	...	Alice
Edouard Montoute	...	Oliveira
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Vitali
Johan Leysen	...	Travis
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	Lucas
Carlo Brandt	...	Vondt
François Levantal	...	Sorvan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Mitja
Antonio Calpi
João Pedro Cary	...	Child
Celia Charpentier
Patrick Fontana	...	Policeman reception
Mara Lúcia Galinha
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	Julian (as Stéphane Guérin-Tillié)
Rui Jesus
Ivan Marevich	...	Mitslav
Sofia Reis
Carlos Rodrigues
Joe Sheridan
Velibor Topic
Omer Husnu Turat	...	Hitman

Also Known As:

The Red Siren (USA) (DVD title)
El profesional (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Red Siren (Italy) [it]
Vörös szirén (Hungary) [hu]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and language.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:18 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Japan:PG-12 | New Zealand:R16 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Carrasqueira, Portugal

Company:

Haut et Court

Flawed and Unbelievable Story, But Entertains

In Paris, the twelve years old girl Alice (Alexandra Negrão) arrives to the police station, and asks to meet detective Anita (Asia Argento). In her office, Alice tells that her mother Eva (Frances Barber) is a sadistic killer and delivers a video showing Eva torturing and killing their maid Sunya. The chief of police does not believe in Alice, but Anita decides to investigate by her own and finds that Eva is a powerful and wealthy leader of an international criminal organization. When Alice escapes from the guard of the detective in charge of her security, she decides to travel to Portugal to meet her father, who is supposedly dead, and is chased by two gangster of Eva's organization. Alice meets the traumatized mercenary Hugo (Jean-Marc Barr), who protects and travels with her to Portugal, trying to find her father, while Eva and Anita also travels to that country.

"La Sirène Rouge" is one of the most unbelievable and flawed screenplay I have ever seen. The storyline is actually a great absurd since the very first beginning until the last scene. Nevertheless, there are many action scenes and shooting and this movie entertains. I personally am a fan of Asia Argento, and her name in the credits was the great attraction for me to see this movie. In the hotel, in the check-in of Hugo and Alice, the soccer game is between Flamengo and another Brazilian team. Later, we can hear the speaker narrating another soccer game in Brazil. Therefore, the language is Portuguese, but the teams and the accent are not from Portugal. I found this sequence ridiculously hilarious. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "O Alerta Vermelho" ("The Red Alert")