An ex-con finds the criminal life won't leave him alone in firsttime director Philip Barantini's solid Brit gangster entry.
02.05.2020 - 02:33 / variety.com
Marc Collin's amiable time capsule portrait of a 1970s electronic musician never quite finds the beat.
By Andrew Barker
Senior Features Writer
[Editor’s note: “Le Choc du Futur” is one of more than 100 movies originally scheduled to screen at the SXSW Film Festival in March. After the coronavirus outbreak forced the festival to cancel, event organizers partnered with Amazon Prime to make seven of those features available to stream for free through Weds., May 6.]
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An ex-con finds the criminal life won't leave him alone in firsttime director Philip Barantini's solid Brit gangster entry.
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