Red siren
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Red siren |
| Original title | La Sirène rouge |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Olivier Megaton |
| script |
Alain Berliner Robert Conrath Maurice G. Dantec Olivier Megaton Norman Spinrad |
| production | Simon Arnal |
| music | Nicolas Bikialo |
| camera | Denis Rouden |
| cut | Yann Herve |
| occupation | |
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The Red Siren is an action movie by French screenwriter and film director Olivier Megaton from the year 2002 .
action
12-year-old Alice arrives at a police station and accuses her mother, the influential arms dealer Eva, of the murder of her nanny. Only the policewoman Anita believes her, but is not allowed to investigate on the instructions of her boss, but is supposed to take Alice to a psychologist . Alice escapes from the station and is followed by two of Eva's employees waiting in front of the building. On the run, she hides in the car of the hit man Hugo, who helps her to escape her pursuers. When Alice tells him that she wants to go to Portugal to see her father Travis, who lives there, Hugo decides to take her there.
In the meantime, Anita has also traveled to Portugal in search of Alice. Without knowing it, she is staying at the same hotel as Hugo and Alice. After mercenaries hired by Eva try to kill Hugo, a wild shootout ensues in the course of which Anita kills one of the attackers. The next morning Alice disappeared, she went looking for her father by herself. Anita and Hugo take up the chase together.
Finally there is a showdown in Travis' workshop , during which Eva's men are killed and Alice shoots her mother.
background
Red Siren was filmed in the Netherlands , Paris and Portugal in Carrasqueira , Covilhã , Lisbon , Porto Alto , Sintra and Tróia . The film was released in France on August 21, 2002.
Score
In addition to the film music composed by Nicolas Bikialo , the following songs can be heard in the film:
- Rammstein - sun
- Sonia De Meglio - Dragon's Tear
- Goldfrapp - Deer Stop
- Norman Maine - Abuglub Abugluba
- Roberto Pregadio - Eva La Vénérée Selvaggia
- Sonia De Meglio - Black Cloud
- Dead Can Dance - How Fortunate The Man With None
reception
The lexicon of international films criticizes that the "technically solid action film [...] focuses exclusively on surface stimuli [concentrates] and [...] the internal tension between the people [neglects]."
Web links
- The Red Siren in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Red Siren in the online movie database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Red Siren . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 165 V / DVD).
- ↑ Red Siren. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed June 4, 2014 .