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Medellin

2023 · 104 min

A chaotic, laugh-out-loud ride with over-the-top action and absurd situations that keeps you entertained without taking itself seriously.

Directed by
Franck Gastambide
Genres
Action, Comedy
Starring
Franck Gastambide, Ramzy Bedia, Mike Tyson
Tagline
How far would you go to save your brother?
Overview
To save his little brother from the hands of dangerous narcos of the Medellín cartel, Reda has a plan that is as simple as it is totally insane: put together a team and raid Colombia. But this adventure is going to get completely out of control when he decides to kidnap the son of the cartel leader to exchange him for his brother's life.

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Directed by
Franck Gastambide
Genres
Action, Comedy
Starring
Franck Gastambide, Ramzy Bedia, Mike Tyson
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 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
  • family
  • friendship
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour8
Realism3
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Charles Van Tieghem, Franck Gastambide
Starring
Franck Gastambide, Ramzy Bedia, Mike Tyson, Anouar Toubali, Rachid Guellaz, Saïdou Camara, Brahim Bouhlel, Ragnar Le Breton
Music
Paul-Marie Barbier, Julien Grunberg
Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
Colombia, France
Languages
French, Spanish

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