Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Charly Matteï was a notorious Marseilles gangster until one day he gave up his life of crime to enjoy a peaceful life with his wife and two children. All goes well for three years then his past catches up with him and he is gunned down in a car park. They leave him for dead with twenty two bullets in him… unfortunately for them they didn't make sure he was dead. He gradually recovers and pays a visit to his attackers and tells them that he will kill them all… not straight away though; they will have to live in fear for a while first. He also intends to go after the man who ordered the hit; his former friend Tony Zacchia. Of course Zacchia still wants Charly dead and also goes after his friends. If that weren't enough police officer Marie Goldman wants to find the man responsible for her husband's murder by an unknown gangster.This is a solid revenge thriller. The attack on Charly is brutal as are many of the later killings. From the moment Charly is shot the tension is high right to the end. There is plenty of action; including car chases, shootouts and a kidnapping. Charly may have a moral code but none of those who tried to kill him is safe; his enemies have no such code and will target anybody to get to Charly. Jean Reno carries the film as Charly but his isn't the only good performance; the rest of the cast are pretty solid too. The film makes good use of its South of France setting especially as Charly, on a motorbike, is chased by two carloads of gunmen. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to fans of Jean Reno or anybody who enjoys revenge thrillers.These comments are based on watching the film in French with English subtitles.

So this is an action-drama-thriller, where Jean Reno is the bad ass. It's a bit slow at times, but it is also pretty brutal when it has to be. I love brutality in these kinds of movies. Well, it's not super brutal, not trying to get your hopes up, but there is blood.It's a revenge-flick, and those are very often quite entertaining. This is, also. Jean Reno is good, (I always get a kick out of seeing him, because he looks like one of my old teachers) You get the feeling he is not the type you mess with. The movie is well shot, and production values are good. You get the feeling that professionals are involved here. (should be a given right, but it's not) Even though it does nothing wrong, I don't think it's great either. It lacks something to make it real awesome. But it's entertaining.

22 BULLETS (aka THE IMMORTAL) is based on the true story -- but doesn't let that hold it back. After Jean Reno gets the titular 22 cases of lead poisoning he understandably comes out of retirement for revenge. So yeah, he's a 'good' gangster (no drugs) and the story hits familiar beats (it's just a matter of time until someone in his family gets kidnapped) but it's still a slick piece of entertainment that lives off Reno's weary stare. Sometimes he comes across as too much of a machine (even a paralysed arm barely seems to slow him down) and there's a predictability to the way in which he has to hunt down the eight gunmen who shot him but the Mediterranean locations are gorgeous, the violence is suitably furious and there's lots of great actors in the supporting cast (who wouldn't sit shiva for the widowed Jewish cop-ess?).

Well, i tried: i watched it for one hour. But even if it was good to meet again with the Berrys (father & daughter), i couldn't endure more this crap: Still, it has everything to be interesting: Marseilles is indeed a city know for its gangsters, its executions. Berry father has an eye for the camera. It's a true story. But, the pace of the movie is too slow, as flat as a dead man heartbeat. The story, full of useless characters, is very hard to follow and the flashbacks not really informative. The cinematography is just awful as it's yellow anytime, everywhere. The Godfather is felt in each frame but here, the stakes, the production are just cheap and there's really nothing "prestigious" about those kingpins. The biggest difficulty is the cast: everyone makes a face, everyone feels unhappy, so it makes me unhappy. In fact, the first hour is the silent confrontation between a hypochondriac boss and another convalescent that lies in a bed. After, it's the usual revenge by the guns against bad, bad gangsters by a philosophic killer! It's not a surprise that it was awarded the Gerard of the Worst movie of the year and probably of the decade!