This French thriller drama is inspired by the female crime novelist Teri White, who wrote interesting crime books about the complexity of relationships between men, and ONLY men: borderline cops, outcasts. From a woman author, that's very interesting, strange and also surprisingly good. One of her novel was adapted, also by the French movie industry: REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER, a pure masterpiece. In her stories, she shows her trademark, different characters have their paths cross and that leads to tragedy. The writing and character study is always awesome, terrific, poignant, I would say captivating. So unusual. Of course sometimes, homosexuality is more or less suggested but never, NEVER shown. Everything is written in subtlety. Teri White is an unique writer for me. The book from which this film is adapted is not her best, not the darkest, the most gloomy, unlike the others, so that's not the one I prefer. The movie is rather faithful to the novel, but in that scheme, this topic of two hired killers - one older than the other; the master and the pupil - do not expect to find another MECHANIC scheme, the outstanding Michael Winner's film, starring Charles Bronson and Jan Michael Vincent. Nothing to do with this one.
Review of Max & Jeremie
