Hoping for a reprise of the type of comedy of "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" I found this movie a letdown. The plot offers more than enough material to poke fun at, and it is as if Mr. Boon originally set out to do just that, but lost his sense of direction halfway. The movie feels like "intended as a comedy, but finished like a really bad action movie".
Ruben Vandevoorde's crazed francophobia breaks all credibility. Sure, some people are really that crazy (they even become president ;) ) - but come on, a custom agent who tries to shoot his colleague while running through a crowd celebrating New Year's Eve - come on, pull the other one. It's not funny and doesn't serve any purpose. His trigger-happiness and some other weirdly violent and out-of place scenes prevented me from feeling anything else but an indifferent *whatever* *shrug*.
Ruben Vandevoorde's crazed francophobia breaks all credibility. Sure, some people are really that crazy (they even become president ;) ) - but come on, a custom agent who tries to shoot his colleague while running through a crowd celebrating New Year's Eve - come on, pull the other one. It's not funny and doesn't serve any purpose. His trigger-happiness and some other weirdly violent and out-of place scenes prevented me from feeling anything else but an indifferent *whatever* *shrug*.