Best movie of this year hands down!

Charming and brutal

Am I Missing Something?

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Very dark tale of revenge. and as said earlier, very little 'exposition' for the plot or the character himself is given, so not the most accessible to non-natives, as what little dialogue there is is essential to the story. All this lack of exposure to the real motives of the main character and the mystery surrounding him, and the subjective guess work required from the audience is also key to the movie. From my point of view, like say, No Country For Good Men, that is what make these movies that much more interesting.So, a re-visiting of Film Noir, extremely brutal emotionally, almost depressingly sordid. If you are looking for a feel-good ending, look away now. Noneless, I love this film for all those reasons. It's very well cast, acted and paced, Dupontel is excellent in this understated, almost shy character, but ruthlessly driven to revenge.<<<< SPOILER >>>>He and his son get shot on a deserted road, witnessing a robbery on a armored car, however, he alone survives, but is left crippled with intense epileptic fits (and the story hints that he hasn't got much time left). After the loss of their son in such a brutal way, his wife despairs into an almost catatonic state, while he leaves his past life behind to hunt down the murderers. Believing the robberies were inside jobs, he then enrolled in one of the targeted security firm on the verge of collapse, hoping to get close to the gang.

It is one of the rarest movies ever made about employees of armored cars companies. The director Nicolas Boukrief told, when his film was released, that it has never been made before. It's a lie when you know that the same Nicolas Boukrief was a journalist for the magazine Starfix in the 80's, and he commented himself "Money movers", released in Paris in 1986."Money movers" was a feature directed by Bruce Beresford, shot in 1979, and the context was the same, a thriller about armored car companies from the inside. But the Beresford's movie was not exactly the same story as the "Convoyeur", let's be fair. I do not say that Boukrief made a plagiary. But when he told every one that he was the first to shot a movie about money movers, he lies. No excuse for that. Threre is no harm to be influenced. The remake of "Criss cross", shot in 1995, - I don't remember the title, sorry - and directed by Steven Sonderbbergh was also about money movers, but not in the same way.Anyway, I love this picture. A pretty good one and violent too. But, in the real life, money movers are not all alcoholic, drug dealers or silly as they are shown in "Le Convoyeur". I know myself some Brink's employees. All of them did not appreciate this film for these reasons.

In France, the disturbed and mysterious Alexandre Demarre (Albert Dupontel) is hired as security guard for the Vigilante armored truck company earning 1,200 euros per month and lodges in a hotel nearby the company for 1,450 euros for a month. He becomes close to his colleagues, actually a group of losers, without motivation or perspective, paranoids, depressed and substances addicted men, and prepares a personal file with the profile of each one. Along the days, the real intentions of Alex in working at Vigilante are disclosed."Le Convoyeur" is a very dark tale of revenge exposed in low pace. Albert Dupontel brilliantly develops his weird character, and the viewer guesses whether he is a journalist, a writer, an uncover detective of a thief planning a next robbery based on the financial balance between his salary and the cost of his hotel in the beginning of the story. I regret only that his motives are disclosed very soon, practically in the middle of the story. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Assalto ao Carro Forte" ("Heist to the Armored Truck")

Let me say this right from the beginning: Le Convoyeur may be one of 2004's finest films, and it's a truly shame it isn't getting any United States release. Here in Brazil, Le Convoyeur is being released in DVD, and is a smash hit everywhere. Forget "Leon", Luc Besson's epic of violence, this is the ultimate french thriller, a nail-biting classic of violence and action that should resist the test of time and, in the following years, gets the respect it deserves. The story is simple, at least you think so at the beginning: Alexandre Dumarre (Albert Dupontel) is the new guy on the job of cash truck, there is a series of attacks being perpetrated against the cash trucks and people suspect there are insiders in the firm giving away the routes. You meet the guys of the cash truck, and by the end you'll fell that you actually meet those guys and maybe had a drink with them. Dumarre has his own agenda, but you will only find out his reasons in the end. It is a film that respects its characters and give each one room to grow. When the action arrives, it's devastating. The final ten minutes are a tour de force of violence and action in the most realistic and brutal way. You won't see choreographed gun fights, you will get real action, grittier, more brutal, and let me say that the ending left me shocked - really. This is not a horror film, but the final minutes, well, they scared me! Albert Dupontel is the best actor I've seen in a long time. This guy is an actor with a capital "A", he gave the best performance of Irreversible, here he is even better. People only talk about the America icons like De Niro and Pacino. Well, Dupontel is brilliant and should be put in the same category of the very best. Jean Dujardin is also fine, here, he is funny, and by the end CONTAIN SPOILERS He is scary as hell END OF SPOILERS Please, American distributors,mark my words, give Le Convoyeur a chance to be shown in USA, it's by far the very best thriller of 2004, hell, of the last five years!