The Village Voice, February 11th, 2004
A brooding French gangster tale makes the jump into the 21 st century, lands off-balance THE CODE Directed by Manuel Boursinhac Columbia TriStar/Samuel Goldwyn Opens February 13
CODE VIOLATIONS
The recent spate of French gangster rereleases (at least five in the past four years) may testify to an insatiable public fascination for this most enduring (and copied) of genres, but as demonstrated by Neil Jordan's The Good Thief, transplanting its stoic brand of cool to a contemporary milieu can be treacherous work. Though not a remake, Manuel " Boursinhac's The Code is an unmistakably Melvillian ...
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