Plot on the eve of bastille day in paris, american drifter and pickpocket michael mason steals a womans handbag, not knowing that it contains explosives. Studiocanal is now in the process of rethinking its release strategy for bastille day aka the take the actioner starring idris elba as a former cia agent hunting down terrorists across paris. I ts like a fake movie within a real movie somehow busted out into the real world. Its an original actionbased star vehicle for iris elba with a lead role that. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing bastille day 1933 near you. Bastille day was directed by james watkins from a screenplay by andrew watkins. The movies theatrical release date had previously been pushed back from 19th february 2016 to 22nd april 2016 due to the. Hell, why would you want to root for anyone in a movie where occupyish protesters are treated as clueless pawns, and the only person strong enough to save the world is a meanspirited american.
Idris elba as cia agent briar is excellent, his character is interesting enough and elba does his best, which is very good. In paris, jobbing pickpocket michael mason richard madden finds himself unwittingly caught up in a terrorist plot, when he accidentally steals a bomb. The latest terrorist thriller sees idris elba and richard madden racing through a ridiculous plot without the film resorting to crass stereotypes. Its a meme so utterly looney, even after having zero hours of sleep bastille day conjured every smile it could out of my weak body using the powers of the grand mighty sorcerer that it most certainly is. It might seem a tad insensitive for a film tackling such subjects so soon after the events of 2015, but any concerns soon drift away within minutes of the films opening the take is too cheesy to be tasteless. Deploy the final hashtag, says the villainous mastermind behind a paris bombing in the take formerly known as bastille day. Bastille day action film pulled from french cinemas after.
Lookups for bastille day spiked as france celebrated its national holiday. Bastille day film starring idris elba pulled from french. The movies theatrical release date had previously been pushed back from 19th february 2016 to 22nd april 2016 due to the terrorist attacks in november 2015 in paris, france and the citys northern suburb of saintdenis. Synopsis on the eve of bastille day in paris, an american conman michael mason, steals a womans handbag with a teddy bear inside, unknown to mason the teddy bear is rigged with explosives. Jumped off the shelves of the video rental store in the lost world.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. It came out wednesday, the day before a truck driver mowed down revelers. If you like bastille day you are looking for exciting, intense and tense movies about with pickpocket, cia, terrorism, bomb, surveillance, espionage and investigation themes of action, crime and drama genre shot in uk or france. Bastille day is the common name for the french national day, celebrated on 14 july each year bastille day may also refer to. Battlestar galactica bastille day tv episode 2004 imdb. This rene clair films deals not with the tumultuous events of the french. Its scary, but not too unrealistic, to imagine that unscrupulous people could be using this brouhaha as a distraction to. Sinister forces plot against a young soldier when she reveals a magical power that might unite her world. On the day, uniformed war soldiers march through the street to honor the french soldiers who were killed in the battles. Albeit an american cia agent with a bit more grit and less glamour than james bond. Im usually good at following films, but this plot was just instantly forgettable. The film follows a young con artist and former cia agent as they embark on an antiterrorist mission in france. With a rooftop chase scene as good as anything in bourne, bastille day is a serviceably brash thriller.
Bastille day offers adequate evidence of this, casting elbas towering, hulking physique in a punchy, if not particularly ambitious, showcase while slipping him pithy oneliners to. Grab a holiday that no one has yet foisted a movie plot onto, toss. All in all, we dont mind being taken along for the ride, yet in the end, were ready. On the eve of the bastille day, retired soldiers parade and celebrate the day with indian and french national anthems. Bastille day play is the national holiday of france, which falls on july 14, the anniversary of the 1789 storming of the bastillea medieval prison in paris. Starring idris elba and that one guy from game of thrones who got killed off like three years ago. It was released in cinemas in the uk as bastille day. Michael mason, a pickpocket living in paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. The bomb was intended to detonate in an empty office but it fails. Actually, the only connection the film has to bastille day is that the story takes place in the days and hours ahead of the official celebration, but never mind. I came in expecting a midtier, generic presummer actionthriller, but was pleasantly surprised by it. Not all the films are french and not all have to do with the revolution. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy.
After he drops the bag off, it detonates and kills four people. On the eve of bastille day in paris, an american conman michael mason, steals a womans handbag with a teddy bear inside, unknown to mason the teddy bear is rigged with explosives. All in all there nothing really special about this film. Michael mason richard madden, game of thrones is an american pickpocket living in paris who finds himself in the hands of the cia when he steals a. Bastille day, a film starring idris elba bastille day battlestar galactica, an episode of battlestar galacticabastille day song, a. Bastille day 1933 film, a french romantic comedy by rene clair. Midcentury productions don malcolm and comrade phoebe green continue their exciting new series featuring rare comedies and love stories from frances unjustly maligned 1930s50s era. Michael mason richard madden is an american pickpocket living in paris who finds himself in the hands of the cia when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet.
The action movie bastille day, in which idris elba stars as an excia agent trying to thwart a terrorist plot to bomb paris, has finally been pulled from french cinemas, days after the lorry. Bastille day is the common name for the french national day, celebrated on 14 july each year. The acting is good, the plot interesting but it kind of drags a bit. The movies a parisset conspiracy thriller which paris, presented as a steaming hotbed of institutional corruption and high. Madden, who fared better as robb stark in the hbo series, plays michael mason, a lowlevel street criminal who unwittingly becomes involved in a terrorist plot.
Bastille day 2016 film, a film starring idris elba. The terrorist attack in france that killed 85 and injured 100 during bastille day festivities thursday night has sent shockwaves across the globe. Released november 18th, 2016, the take stars idris elba, richard madden, charlotte le bon, kelly reilly the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of 48 out of 100 on. The take a generic title chosen over the original title bastille day effectively shows the rising tides of anger, the demonstrations, the news reports, and the social media storms that lead up to a fullscale uprising. Bastille day is formulaic but watchable, though its depiction of paris besieged by terrorists will understandably affect those still raw from the recent real movies 2019 hd movies movies to watch movies online movie tv 2016 movies movies free nice movies interesting movies. After disposing of the handbag, it explodes, killing four people.
The bastille was constructed in the 14th century as a fortress for the. Has some action, less than i would have liked and nothing on the level of jason bourne. Its a bit silly maybe, with a plot that requires you to overlook the implausibility of a. The take, originally titled bastille day, is the kind of cynical entertainment that will leave you feeling like a mark. The company had initially just yanked ads for bastille day in france but left the decision whether to continue showing the film which turns on a terrorist plot to bomb paris up to. Quatorze juliet translates to july 14thand if you know your french history, youll know that july 14th is bastille day. The film has been retitled the take for dvd there, due to the reallife 14th july 2016 bastille day attack occurring between its theatrical and home video releases. Top 5 films for bastille day, july 14 we are movie geeks. Bastille day is celebrated with great festivity in pondicherry, a former french colony, every year. Tweetemail tweetemail in honor of bastille day, july 14, frances independence day, here is a list of five top french revolution films in no particular order. While realistically, we may not ever see idris elba becoming james bond in the near future, bastille day puts him in the actionspy role in paris. As a 24hr thrill ride ensues, the unlikely duo discover they are both targets and must rely upon each other in order to take down a common enemy. Richard madden is also capable, as is zoe charlotte le bon who was supposed to deliver the bomb in the first place and who ends up becoming entangled with briar and mason as they seek the truth. Bastille day, directed by james watkins and written by andrew baldwin, opens in the united kingdom on april 22nd.
A parisset terrorist movie, this action thriller imagining an antiestablishment plot ahead of frances national day conceived before the attacks at charlie hebdo, bataclan and nice is. He said the film had been playing at 230 movie theaters across france. The bomb was intended to detonate in an empty office but it fails due to the presence of employees. Eventually, the plot feels more perfunctory than palpable, but watkins is careful not to drag things out.
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