Canal+ presents its new thriller series
Paris has fallen is a co-production of Studiocanal, associated with the British company Urban Myth Films and the two American companies that created the film series “The Fall of…”. Three films released between 2013 and 2019 and starring Gerard Butler, who plays the gruff and very effective secret service agent Mike Banningin charge of the close protection of the President of the United States. A successful explosive action trilogy that then exported its universe to the small screen with this international series, set in Paris.
Whoever says Paris – a novelty in this universe after the United States and London – then partly says French casting. In the male lead role of Vincent Taleb, he is the charismatic Tewfik Jallab who wears the costume and gun of a former member of the GSPR, now in charge of the protection of the Minister of Defense. In addition, Emmanuelle Bercot plays the President of the Republic and Laurent Lucas a powerful arms dealer. Camille Rutherford plays Théa, the partner of Zara Taylor (Ritu Arya), a security agent. MI6 based in Paris and featuring a female protagonist. Together, Vincent and Zara will do anything to put an end to the actions of Jacob Pearce (Sean Harris), a former captain of the Foreign Legion seeking revenge on the French state.
French protection officer Vincent Taleb and British MI6 agent Zara Taylor join forces to thwart an attack on the Minister of Defense during a reception at the British Embassy in Paris. As events take a dramatic turn, Vincent and Zara realize that the plan orchestrated by terrorist Jacob Pearce is much larger and…
Very convincing action
In the spirit of Gérard Butler’s trilogy, Paris has fallen has a remarkable energy and the desire to fight as quickly as possible. This is what the first two episodes offer and what they do best. Sean Harris, memorable villain of the film Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation AND Mission: Impossible – Falloutembodies a man all the more violent and ruthless as he is destroyed by years of imprisonment, torture and rape. He then makes credible this explosive assault on the British Embassy in Paris, where his men coldly shoot down anyone who gets in his way of revenge. He shoots, he explodes, he fights with his bare hands and he is brutal: Paris has fallen offers shooting and overall highly successful action sequences.
Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya, each in their own style, bring a very satisfying physicality and manage to maintain the seriousness of the themes and characters without clashing. On this point, play your fists by assuming the constant gravity of the situation, Paris has fallen succeeds in his gamble.
Irregular writing for a confused identity
Where Paris has fallen the brushes get tangled, it’s time to adapt this energy to the serial format, with inevitably subplots and their developments other than those dictated by pure action. This is particularly visible during the introduction of President Juliette Levesque, played by Emmanuelle Bercot. We discover her languid on a sofa in the Elysée, immediately after the deadly terrorist attack on the embassy, on the phone with Vincent and asking him how he is, telling him that she thinks a lot about their story. It is not so much the revelation of a past relationship between the two characters that takes the viewer out of the story, but rather discovering the President of the Republic alone, without protection and as if out of office, visibly not busy enough to make a phone call. private and out of place on the evening of an attack in Paris.
If this is not prohibitive, it is nevertheless exemplary of the main defect of Paris has fallen. That of being dividedact pure and hard and the police thriller nourished by intimate personal issues, as Canal+ did Gears, The Office of Legends or even BRE. This uncertainty about his identity is perhaps what led Mathieu Kassovitz to give way to Tewfik Jallab, the famous interpreter of “Malotru”, having undoubtedly been sensitive to this split, which weighs on the Paris has fallen the risk of soon finding yourself with your breath and legs cut off…
Source: Cine Serie
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