Review:
When this movie was released 10 years ago, I neither seen nor heard about it, which was quite surprising because Luc Besson was on a streak of hit movies around then. I totally didn't know what to expect, and when I saw that the whole film was in French, I did find it slightly off-putting because I hate reading subtitles whilst watching a film. I also didn't know any of the actors, and I hadn't heard of the book, but it didn't take me long to find the plot intriguing. The slapstick comedy was ridiculous in places, but it was refreshing to watch a film that didn't follow the typical guidelines of movies in his genre. Louise Bourgoin (Adele Blanc-Sec) played her role extremely well, and some of the characters, like the resurrected mummies, were great but the plot was all over the place, even though the director tried his utmost to stay true to the original story. There wasn't much depth to the characters, and no one seemed that shocked that there was a flying dinosaur, and walking and talking mummies roaming France, but I think that was deliberate because of the type of weird tone that was set from the beginning. The CGI is pretty poor, and the Indiana Jones/Sherlock Holmes investigating throughout the film was totally unrealistic, so it's not the type of film that you're supposed to take seriously. If you watch it with an open mind, you will find it fun and quite deep in places, in terms of Adele trying to save her sister, but I know that it won't be everyone's cup of tea. In all, it's worth a watch, especially if you understand the French language, but you have to be in the right frame of mind to watch it. Average!
Round-Up: This movie was directed by Luc Besson, who also brought you The Last Battle in 1983, Isabelle Adjani: Pull marine, Subway, The Big Blue, Nikita, Atlantis, Leon, The Fifth Element, Joan of Arc, Angel-A, Arthur and the Invisibles 1, 2 and 3, The Lady, The Family, Lucy, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Anna in 2019. He hit a hot streak during the '90s with Nikita and Leon, mainly for there unique action scenes and clever writing, but his films have gone downhill since then. He's still rated as a director, even after the awful big-budget Valerian, because he always brings some unique to the projects that he commits to. This movie might have made more money at the box office if they pumped money into the advertising campaign, but it wouldn't have increased Luc Besson's credibility.
Budget: 31.5million EUR Worldwide Gross: $35million
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and Serge Bagdassarian. 5/10
Round-Up: This movie was directed by Luc Besson, who also brought you The Last Battle in 1983, Isabelle Adjani: Pull marine, Subway, The Big Blue, Nikita, Atlantis, Leon, The Fifth Element, Joan of Arc, Angel-A, Arthur and the Invisibles 1, 2 and 3, The Lady, The Family, Lucy, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and Anna in 2019. He hit a hot streak during the '90s with Nikita and Leon, mainly for there unique action scenes and clever writing, but his films have gone downhill since then. He's still rated as a director, even after the awful big-budget Valerian, because he always brings some unique to the projects that he commits to. This movie might have made more money at the box office if they pumped money into the advertising campaign, but it wouldn't have increased Luc Besson's credibility.
Budget: 31.5million EUR Worldwide Gross: $35million
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre and Serge Bagdassarian. 5/10