"Dead in France" is a pretty entertaining, dry-humored, Tarantino-esque 'noir' flick.
A seasoned hitman with a 'neat-freak' quirk hires a cleaning lady to tidy up his mansion as he goes out on his last job before retirement. While he's gone, she invites over her imbecile, mohawk-sporting boyfriend and the two fuck all over the house and go rummaging around. For some reason, they try renting out the house to some couples whom they just end up tying up and sticking in the shed. While this is going on, a thief tries to make off with 2 million pounds out of the hitman's car and another hitman (woman) - a savage lesbian, to be exact - has a score to settle with the main hitman and is hunting him down. All of these separate characters and their own personal vendetta's or acts of ignorance all end up clashing by the film's climax...
I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Though it was far from a GREAT film, it had a subtle and dark enough approach to the humor element (the standout "funny" scene, to me, being the accidental shooting of a cat which made me chuckle) and a nice spread of goofy characters. A few scenes came along that didn't seem all that necessary, which is probably my main gripe with the film, but overall I'd recommend checking out this amusing piece of UK 'black comedy'. Hit up www.breakingglasspictures.com for a copy.
"Dead in France" is a pretty entertaining, dry-humored, Tarantino-esque 'noir' flick.
