Simon Rivest

Simon RivestMade in 1981, but imo possibly the epitome of a 1970's crime movies. Great music, camera work, lighting, and locations, all add to the atmosphere and grab your attention. Slow when needed, and just enough. Very, very, well crafted. Deserve to be better known.

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Simon RivestVery well made, and better than I expected. Great script, storytelling, and scenography. I liked the orchestral music. Everything just right. Endearing and moving.

Simon RivestFun to watch, very enjoyable. Good storyline. More than just an action movie, and full of action nonetheless. Would have earned a 4th star if the fight and shooting scenes were not often so unrealistic.

Simon RivestWell made, interesting movie, great for those who enjoy unusual and gritty war movies. Reads like a western sets in Finland, in 1945. Sometimes original, often requires to suspend disbelief. It offers a very realistic esthetic, on a very unrealistic scenario. There is no great battle but lots of violent individual deaths. The use of title cards at the beginning of each chapters seems unnecessary.

Simon RivestExcellent, and scary. This movie shows another example of how democracy in the USA was buried a long time ago under an avalanche of lies and the almost complete absence of independent investigative journalism, and who benefits from this, and who pays the price for it. This is not fiction. Everyone should watch this movie.

Simon RivestInteresting descent into the minds of a few men facing isolation, conflict and crisis. Very well made despite a minuscule budget of 450k.

Simon RivestVery good spy movie imo.

Simon RivestVery interesting. Very well made imo. Great story, very of our times in 2024. Brilliant camera work, design, and use of colors. Possibly a bit slow, and a bit long, but I do not know if it would have been better shorter. Brainy, with one or two central ideas and little else, but nothing in it is unnecessary. Not for everyone, but those who like it, will possibly like it a lot.