AKA

Too much of everything. AKA is an french action film, with a muscleman at center. That's a traditional setup, and with time, some of them learn the trade. The trouble is not the acting, lack thereof, but with the script. It feels like a group of people went script-shopping and said: We'd like a french action movie, with a tough fighter at the center. He's, uh, to infitrate organised crime. Yeah, organised crime, that's good; drugs and prostitution and that. And add some shady governmen…

Guess the French was really into giving action films to Netflix this year, given how i just talked about In His Shadow in my last review so the fact that they have been able to do two good action French films in a row here is kinda impressive on Netflix's part. If only that stuck around for a bit more time. I feel like it struggles balancing all of it's plot points that even a 2 hour runtime isn't enough to let all of the plots breath through some of them does have potential like the undercover…

"AKA" mixes action, with a rather scathing commentary on organised private and political crime. The organised criminal organisation the lead character, a special forces operative, is tasked with infiltrating, conceals a crime, perpetrated by the French political establishment. The question then becomes, who are the bigger criminals? Underlying this is a commentary on how children are treated by those, at least superficially, claiming the moral high ground. This is a well made film that…