★★☆☆☆Not to be confused with Steven Soderbergh's comic caper of the same name starring a moustachioed Matt Damon, Julien Leclercq's The Informant (2013) is a thriller based on an autobiographical novel by Marc Fievet. In this instance, it's a title that seems a little less unique than the French original - Gibraltar - but arguably one more fitting. The prospect was of a smuggling yarn made ever more enticing by a handful of engaging leads including Gilles Lellouche and Tahar Rahim. Regrettably, however, hough Leclercq's customs thriller begins well, it never manages to get its engine going, its solid performances unable to inject some much-needed dynamism into the bland proceedings.
- 4/23/2014
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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