I've got to admit that this movie was pretty interesting to watch, but because it didn't seem very clear in its message I doubt it had much impact. It was just a rather cynical and nihilistic mess. The story is about a group of anarchists who snatch the US ambassador and hold him for ransom. But, we then see that although the terrorists aren't very nice, the police are a bunch of fascist thugs and they deliberately kill all the terrorists and let them kill the ambassador. So, the message seems to be contemporary French society of the 70s stinks and individual acts of terror are meaningless--so rise up all peoples and have a widespread revolution instead. Please,...I didn't watch the movie to be preached at or listen to distorted moral relativism. Ponderous and preachy seem to be the general tone of the film. PLUS, if EVERYTHING stinks, what, then, does the film's maker suggest instead?
PS--this movie is pretty violent and there is some VERY explicit nudity that would make this inappropriate for all kids.
PS--this movie is pretty violent and there is some VERY explicit nudity that would make this inappropriate for all kids.