This film makes as good a case as I know against dubbing rather than using subtitles; clearly it would have been dire even with the actor's own voices but equally clearly the dubbing was supervised by someone who instructed the speakers to scrupulously remove all colour and nuance from their voices and maintain an even, monotonous tone throughout. As if that plus a washed-out underlit print weren't enough there is absolutely zero chemistry between every single actor in the cast and every other actor. Alain Delon plays a lawyer - we know that because that's how he is introduced but as he is never shown in a courtroom or even a law office and behaves nothing like a lawyer, we have to take it on trust. Would a lawyer, for example, who has just heard a woman he is representing, invited to the police station to give a statement merely ASK the Inspector if he, the lawyer, could go along or would he as a lawyer, be aware of the law and INSIST on going along. While we're on the subject why do lawyer and inspector - who have been Mr Rilson and Inspector throughout - suddenly and for no apparent reason become Mark and Eric. This is a movie littered with if not indeed punctuated by loose ends and does credit to no one associated with it. One to avoid.
Review of Someone Is Bleeding
