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The Great Challenge

2004 · 90 min

A fast, athletic action ride with parkour stunts and gangland stakes, earnest rather than deep, easy to watch and forget.

Directed by
Julien Seri
Genres
Drama, Action, Adventure
Overview
A multicultural band of acrobatic do-gooders take on gangsters of three great nations in this action-packed sequel to the French box-office smash Yamakasi. The Yamakasi are a team of crime fighters who can scale buildings and urban towers with the ease of a fly walking up the wall; after leaving their home base in Paris to set up operations in England, the men decide to set up a satellite facility

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Directed by
Julien Seri
Genres
Drama, Action, Adventure
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • loyalty
  • family
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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