36 Quai Des Orfevres

France 2004, 110 minutes
Dir. Olivier Marchal
In French
Rating: [R16]
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Suspense/Crime / Policier, Euro-Crime

Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil

Aroview: Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil partner again for this straight-faced policier as two veteran cops who compete for the top job while trying to bust a vicious crime racket.

Propelled equally by sticky moral dilemmas and some well orchestrated shoot outs, this expectedly showcases its stars to best advantage though it presents its good cop-bad cop scenario as melodrama that ultimately steps over the line of plausibility.