The Last Deadly Mission

The Last Deadly Mission, also known as MR 73, is a 2008 French film noir written and directed by Olivier Marchal.

The Last Deadly Mission
Directed byOlivier Marchal
Written byOliver Marchal
Produced byFranck Chorot
StarringDaniel Auteuil
Olivia Bonamy
Catherine Marchal
CinematographyDenis Roudens
Edited byRaphaëlle Urtin
Music byBruno Coulais
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 12 March 2008 (2008-03-12)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$13.2 million[1]
Box office$9.5 million[2]

Synopsis

Louis Schneider is a French law enforcer who serves in the French Judiciary Police Regional Service. He is assigned to detect a serial killer and tries to live up to his superior's expectations. But then it is brought to his notice that a convict called Charles Subra will be released early for he pretends he had found God and he would now deeply regrets his former bad deeds. Schneider doesn't believe any of it. Neither does Justine, whose parents were once murdered by Subra. Justine teams up with Schneider because she knows he brought Subra to justice once before. She hopes he can do it again although he is an alcoholic.

Background

The film title refers to a revolver made in France: Manurhin MR 73

Reception

The film received mixed reviews but Daniel Auteuil's performance was praised unequivocally.[3]

Cast

References

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