By teknon on Skatehive
I don’t mind fast-paced storytelling, covert missions, or even layered betrayals that make me pause and rewind a film. But what I do mind is when I can’t even follow what’s going on, not because the film is complex, but that something as basic as language gets in the way. And sadly, that was my experience with this film. Synopsis This film follows Badh (Marine Vacth), a former elite French intelligence agent trained by the DGSE, basically one of those “do the dirty work for the state” operatives. She was once deployed to eliminate high-value targets, including an arms dealer in Syria, but things went left when she was betrayed by her own agency. Trying to escape that life, she disappears and rebuilds a quiet existence in Morocco, living under the radar with her husband Ilias, who works as a police officer. But peace doesn’t last long. When Ilias is shot and left for dead by a cartel linked to Mansour Khoury, a powerful crime boss, Badh is forced to return to the violent identity she tr