Product Details

• Actors: Vincent Cassel, Tcheky Karyo, Monica Bellucci, Antoine Basler, Dominique Bettenfeld
• Directors: Jan Kounen
• Format: NTSC, Anamorphic, Subtitled, Import
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Amalgama Group
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001U3PSGM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,982 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!! Russia released, NTSC (USA and Canada), ALL REGION, WIDESCREEN. AUDIO OPTIONS: Dolby Digital 5.1 FRENCH (movie is completely in French) and DD 5.1 RUSSIAN (voice-over). Russian artwork.............................................................. SYNOPSIS: The seedy, pscyho characters from author Joel Houssin's popular 1980s series of hip French crime novels come to vivid life in this rip roaring actioner. The directorial debut of French/Dutch video maker Jan Kounen, the film presents a super violent, drug ladened world ruled by ultramacho men and supported by long-legged, wild-haired, gun-toting beauties. Dobermann (Vincent Cassel) is the leader of a large criminal gang. His lover is Nat la Gitane (Monica Belucci), a deaf-mute gypsy girl. The story begins as Dobermann and company boldly pull off a blood-soaked bank robbery in broad daylight. Their confidence comes from the decoys out distracting the police. After the heist, the gang members hightail it to their lair, located in a remote rural junkyard. When news of their crime reaches police officer Christini, he vows to capture them. Dobermann could not find himself a more ruthless adversary for Christini is evil incarnate and devoid of conscience and decency. When Christini and Dobermann finally meet a terrifying and graphically violent confrontation ensues.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars french action movie, June 24, 2007

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Margaux Paschke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dobermann (DVD)

This movie isn't Shakespeare folks and doesn't pretend to be anything but an over-the-top cops and robbers movie from the french perspective. I disagree with the previous reviewer who said it didn't make any sense. It makes perfect sense for criminals hopped up on drugs to be violent and out of control. It makes perfect sense for certain cops to be tired of dealing with this and crossing the line.

There was the message that American influence on french culture is NOT a good thing and ummm, I think the scene where after doing his business outside, the bad guy rips a page out of the high brow magazine to wipe himself was making a point. This little gem of a movie is not a thinking film but rather, an in-your-face action fest that zips along from start to end. After the opening scene, we see a man and woman (played with amazing skill by Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci) rob an armored truck and their creepy characters and violence sets the tone. We meet the whole bank robbing gang and watch them plan another heist. The cops planning to stop them are brutally outmatched. The second squad of police are not so civic minded and the chase is on between them and Dobermann.

There are two scenes with babies and both are disquieting and make the point that no good can come from children surrounded by violence. All the over the edge characters meet up in a club aptly named Joe's Hell. Drug usage, foul language and nudity ensues. The clash between Dobermann and the Christini, the cop, finally takes place. It's one of the few movies that I've had to close my eyes - so be prepared for disturbing violence. Simply, it's an adrenalin rush of a story that has appeal for a certain audience. It's a masterpiece for it's genre. You decide whether it's for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How anyone gave this 1 star is beyond me, January 28, 2011

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Lin707 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dobermann (DVD)

Its not a perfect movie, but compared to the similar ultra-violent stylized stuff Hollywood typically puts out (exceptions to some of QT's stuff), this is pretty awesome. The cast is all-star and they deliver. You need to remember that this movie came out years before lots of the Hollywood films this is being compared to. In that sense it was quite groundbreaking. If you like action, and you want to see a different take on the genre, give this a look.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent alternative to ultra-violent hollywood movies, January 10, 2011

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Good_Fella (St Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dobermann (DVD)

Hollywood tries to make movies like this and they usually fail. Honestly, I don't know why this movie works. For sure its not because of the unoriginal plot. Hollywood can do stylized over-the-top action sequences, but they just aren't the same as this movie. I don't know what it is, but somehow it works. The chemistry between Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci (gorgeous by the way) is awesome. Along with Tcheky Karyo, this movie has an all-star cast. Definitely give this movie a watch. I'd probably give this movie a 4/5, but I'm trying to balance out some of the 1 star reviews that were unfairly given.