Luc Besson

Luc Besson is in denial.The 49-year-old French film potentate and master of pop cinema (see Nikita , Lon , The Big Blue ) has made yet another peerless action classic in the Paris-set kidnap drama Taken . ... Full Article

"Made seven years ago, Atlantis is Luc Bessons plea for the world underwater, where marine life fights mans ignorance or greed for survival. Besson, a seasoned deep sea diver, made the film as both a celebration of the wonders of... ... Full Article

FRENCH producer and writer Luc Besson's hand is heavily imprinted on this fast-paced action film that is remarkably free of computer-generated effects. The French-financed film (screening in Australia for 20th Century Fox months before its scheduled American release) has been... ... Full Article

In one particularly evocative scene, the women sing noisily and achingly at the local tavern and then drink an enchanted grappa-like liquor containing a spider (a black widow?). With that, they fall into reverie of imagining their disappeared husbands and ... Full Article

Andre is a not just a loser but a wimp and a shrimp. He owes thousands to loan sharks all over Paris. Three thugs give him until midnight to pay back a 40,000-euros debt. Minutes later, he is being dangled ... Full Article