Boarding Gate (2007)
Country: FR/LUX
Technical: col/2.35:1 106m
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Carl Ng
Synopsis:
The employee of an import-export business is not above smuggling in drugs to finance her projected escape to a different life, but her Chinese boss uses her to perform a hit on a former lover, a businessman who owes money to the wrong people, and she is double-crossed on arrival in Hong Kong.
Review:
Uncomfortable mix of erotic drama and exotic thriller, with a puffy Madsen, a typically sullen Argento, and dogme-style camerawork from the director. Hard to follow, and with atrocious dialogue, it builds up one abusive relationship before throwing in a surprise reversal and catapulting its heroine into another; no wonder the climactic pull back from the brink does not really resonate.
Country: FR/LUX
Technical: col/2.35:1 106m
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Carl Ng
Synopsis:
The employee of an import-export business is not above smuggling in drugs to finance her projected escape to a different life, but her Chinese boss uses her to perform a hit on a former lover, a businessman who owes money to the wrong people, and she is double-crossed on arrival in Hong Kong.
Review:
Uncomfortable mix of erotic drama and exotic thriller, with a puffy Madsen, a typically sullen Argento, and dogme-style camerawork from the director. Hard to follow, and with atrocious dialogue, it builds up one abusive relationship before throwing in a surprise reversal and catapulting its heroine into another; no wonder the climactic pull back from the brink does not really resonate.
Country: FR/LUX
Technical: col/2.35:1 106m
Director: Olivier Assayas
Cast: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Carl Ng
Synopsis:
The employee of an import-export business is not above smuggling in drugs to finance her projected escape to a different life, but her Chinese boss uses her to perform a hit on a former lover, a businessman who owes money to the wrong people, and she is double-crossed on arrival in Hong Kong.
Review:
Uncomfortable mix of erotic drama and exotic thriller, with a puffy Madsen, a typically sullen Argento, and dogme-style camerawork from the director. Hard to follow, and with atrocious dialogue, it builds up one abusive relationship before throwing in a surprise reversal and catapulting its heroine into another; no wonder the climactic pull back from the brink does not really resonate.