The Takedown

Name: The Takedown
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Released: May 6, 2022
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 43
Cast: Caroline Mathieu, Dimitri Storoge, Izïa Higelin, Jean-Louis Tilburg, Laurent Lafitte

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 6, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Caroline Mathieu, Dimitri Storoge, Izïa Higelin, Jean-Louis Tilburg, Laurent Lafitte, Léopold Bara, Luka Quinn, Omar Sy

Summary: Ousmane Diakité (Omar Sy) and François Monge (Laurent Lafitte) are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high scale criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpectedOusmane Diakité (Omar Sy) and François Monge (Laurent Lafitte) are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a high scale criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: Louis Leterrier

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 119 min

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Kevin Fox Jr.

May 9, 2022

The Takedown isn’t a radical or revolutionary movie (it is still about good-guy cops), but it’s refreshing relative to its genre contemporaries. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 6, 2022

Veteran action director Louis Leterrier delivers exactly what audiences expect: some banter, a couple of surprise plot twists and a few thrills. He does so more than capably, with two sequences in particular. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

May 6, 2022

In a Netflix movie that’s so breezy and enjoyable because of its complete lack of stakes, Leterrier’s approach gets the job done. In the penultimate installment of a gazillion-dollar franchise whose fans have come to expect vehicular mayhem on an interstellar scale, it probably won’t be enough to avert a slow-motion car crash. Read full review

Joe Leydon

May 6, 2022

Leterrier manages a few modestly exciting chase scenes, including one that begins in a laser tag course, continues through a bowling alley and a go-kart track, and ends in a crowded supermarket. And his two leads are agreeably amusing and for the most part engaging throughout the film. Read full review

Karama Horne

May 7, 2022

Ultimately, The Takedown is a goofy retro buddy cop movie with decent action scenes at best. At its worst, it’s as awkward as the diversity and inclusion publicist following Ousmane around, desperate for a relevant quote. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

May 10, 2022

The Takedown works overtime to uphold the façade of heroic policing in the most generic way possible, for god knows what greater good. Read full review

Derek Smith

May 6, 2022

The Takedown’s supposedly inclusionary, pro-immigrant messaging is constantly undermined by puerile and dated humor. Read full review

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TVJerry

Jul 11, 2022

Omar Sy (who is France's most famous new actor) and Laurent Lafitte play 2 cops with different styles who are put together to work on a dual district murder. This is actually a sequel to a 2012 film starring this duo, so there's some history and chemistry there. For a police action drama,Omar Sy (who is France's most famous new actor) and Laurent Lafitte play 2 cops with different styles who are put together to work on a dual district murder. This is actually a sequel to a 2012 film starring this duo, so there's some history and chemistry there. For a police action drama, the story is surprisingly retro and trite, but the humor still translates. Their conflicting attitudes and continual banter are the core of the comedy. Some of the action scenes are well done, but it's really this combo of actors that makes the film an easy watch. (In French with subtitles or dubbed into English)… Expand

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JLuis_001

May 8, 2022

This is the sequel to On the Other Side of the Tracks and it feels so outdated that you would hardly believe there's a decade of separation between the two.

Why it exists and why Netflix produced it's unclear, but I'm pretty sure they weren't interested in letting the audience know it's aThis is the sequel to On the Other Side of the Tracks and it feels so outdated that you would hardly believe there's a decade of separation between the two.

Why it exists and why Netflix produced it's unclear, but I'm pretty sure they weren't interested in letting the audience know it's a sequel, that even the title doesn't connect the two movies.

I think this film was made to ride the wave of Lupin's success and Omar Sy's presence, since that show is one the most-watched non-English series on Netflix.… Expand

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Pad777

May 9, 2022

It is an ode to social justice warriors, where only the black cop is good, the white cop is totally helpless. Every other white character is either and enemy or useless. The white supreamacist fascist group is the enemy; the white police commander is a bureaucrat who doesn't get her butt outIt is an ode to social justice warriors, where only the black cop is good, the white cop is totally helpless. Every other white character is either and enemy or useless. The white supreamacist fascist group is the enemy; the white police commander is a bureaucrat who doesn't get her butt out the chair, even the white content producer that was supposed to acompany the great black popular cop is a totally incompetent idiot.

Too bad they threw away in the trash can a formula that was sucessful in the past, with the great "Lethal Weapon" movies or the "Showtime" picture. Movies that had a racially mixed pair of cops, made the social critique when needed, and whit a plot that made the minimum sense needed for an action/comedy police film.… Expand

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