Tonight on Netflix: This comic book star has never been more wild, and he saves the movie!

Are you a Netflix subscriber and want to laugh at a movie with a sweet vintage flavor? Then Fantômas v Scotland Yard is for you. Not that it’s a perfect feature film, far from it, but the presence of Louis de Funes elevates it to the pinnacle, which alone justifies watching the film!

In this film, the terrorist Fantômas imposes a tax on the right to life of the rich. Those who avoid paying are putting their lives at risk. Commissioner Juve and his assistant Bernard are sent to Scotland to protect one of the greatest fortunes at stake: Lord Macrushley, while journalist Fandor and his photographer companion Helen go there to get the scoop on Phantom.

Frankly speaking, after two Phantoms, the third opus was probably not needed, and yet! We wish we were treated to Louis de Funes’ almost hysterical number in this film. A comic actor will be scrambling to get the laughs that are missing from a script that is neither original nor very funny.

Fortunately, upon his arrival in Scotland, Commissioner Juve becomes the scapegoat for the supposed or real ghosts of the prison he is in, a “hanging drug addict”, a horse that talks, a bed that moves and of course. , de Funes brings his full comic palette to bear in a variety of situations.

In addition, Fantômas vs. Scotland Yard remains a very average film, with some scenes aggravated by bad insertions, such as the discussions during the hunt. Jean Marais and Mylène Demongeot are increasingly absent, and Fantômas has never been more monolithic. But it doesn’t matter because Juve and Bertrand are there!