Subway (1985)

Nice effects though.

Fantastic!

Best movie ever!

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

Film Review: "Subway" (1985)Even though performers Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert make a beautiful as stylish match, director Luc Besson's debut feature stays in emotional, restraining darkness of missing a point of living within the Parisian "Metro", when thrills are limited alongside supporting characters, portrayed by Richard Bohringer as the best scenes-giving "Le fleurist" and Michel Galabru (1922-2016) as Commissaire Gesberg always on the rush to catch leading character Fred as actor Christopher Lambert keeps the cool but in retrospective has not been tested enough by 25-year-old Luc Besson, who just uses an cinematic kaleidoscope of infinite ideas, clashing them, within never-seen-the-light-of-day scenes as "Subway" concludes at a slowly-received close to a 100-Minute-Editorial by editor Sophie Schmit, which then Luc Besson wisely exchanged to promoted editor Olivier Mauffroy, departing from life in 2013, for his first great motion picture "Le gran blue"; in reminiscene staying the opening spectacle of Cannes 1988.Copyright 2018 Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC

This is a pure exercise in style from the Luc Besson school of film making. A handsome gangster joins ranks with a school of dropouts who populate the Parisian subway system, hounded (but never phazed) by transportation police. The trouble is that head honcho Fred has fallen in love with the pretty but stroppy wife of one of his BCBG victims, and strife ensues below the streets of gay Paree.Christopher Lambert is amazing as the stylish rebel gangster with a heart, Fred; Isabelle Adjani is pretty but, as always, deeply annoying -- she just exudes arrogance from the bottom of her dainty little heart. On the sidelines we see an impossibly young Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean Reno and Jean-Pierre Bacri. I actually didn't recognise Reno, that's how young and unknown he is here.If you have a deeper interest in cinema, this is a straight ten. It's amazing how Besson brings together great style, action, fun, pace, acting, dialogue and amazing characters. Unlike most directors who film in the province and try to make it look like Paris, Besson films in Paris but makes it look like Metropolis.Unfortunately, there isn't much of a plot and zilch suspense. The film starts with a heated heart-to-heart between Fred and pretty Héléna, and since we are aware that their affair can't end but unhappily (albeit in an incredibly chic way), the suspense is exactly zero. So if you just want entertainment, you should better pick one of Besson's later movies.

This is a brilliant film worth watching several times. I have at least. But when I first found this film on VHS, I accidentally got the English dubbed version which more or less ruins the film as it is a French movie with particular emphasis on the French language and its articulation. When Gesberg, the head of police, refers to his two agents as "Batman" and "Robin", there is a hell of a lot difference between pronouncing it in English or French. Hear it for yourself and enjoy the movie. Very entertaining. The opening scene with the car chase really gets the movie going and it just keeps up the speed and at the same time remains ironic and tongue-in-cheek. A classic 80's movie!

Highlander may have marked Christopher Lambert as a cult hero but Subway is by far his best role yet. I've been a fan of Lambert and I've seen the recent movies he's in and they are pale by comparison to Subway. Director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, The Fifth Element) originally wanted Sting for the role of Fred but couldn't do so Lambert got it...and luckily so. The film is set inside a Parisian subway train station where dwellers (including Lambert's character) conduct their own activities and it involves a woman, Helena, played by Isabelle Adjani, who is classy and mysteriously hires Fred to steal her personal files. The plot is confusing and at times pointless but nevertheless Lambert's goofy, eccentric, and spontaneous character keeps the viewer amused. I mean it's almost to a point where we believe Lambert is living the character and not acting it out. I consider this movie Euro-trash but I enjoyed Christopher Lambert as Fred, a guy who kept you on your toes and brought out the rebellious, capricious person inside you.