6.9
A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss' young son.
Alban Lenoir
Adam Franco
Éric Cantona
Victor Pastore
Thibault de Montalembert
Kruger
Sveva Alviti
Natalya
Saïdou Camara
Pee Wee
Lucille Guillaume
Hélène
Kevin Layne
Moktar Al Tayeb
Philippe Résimont
Sénateur Marconnet
Vincent Heneine
Cisko
Nathalie Odzierejko
Mona
Steve Tientcheu
Youssef
Constantin Vidal
JB
Hugo Dillon
Manu
Noé Chabbat
Jonathan
Jamel Elgharbi
Bogdan
Soufiane Hafraoui
Karim
Sébastien Lalanne
Jacques
Sophie Ricci
Fille Moktar
Klaudia Zhegu
Sophia
Karim Belkhadra
L'égyptien
Sofiane Semachi
Sofiane
Françoise Lenoir
L'intendante
Tibor Audinos
Adam 15 ans
Sultan Ulutaş
Femme Moktar
David Beaulieu
Meunier
Hedi Bouchenafa
Le banquier
Igor Kovalsky
Amet
Julien Buchy
Envoyé spécial
Zaire Souchi
Comptable
Kelian Maréchaux
Janusz
Saïd Benchnafa
Yacine
Antonio Lanciano
Antoine
Georgi Jivkovv
Guetteur
Aude Lepape
Sonia Gautier
Hugues Dago
Présentateur TV5
Axelle Bossard
Présentatrice JT 98
Charles Valter
Blondinet
Director, Writer
Morgan S. Dalibert
Writer
Alban Lenoir
April 29, 2023
6
Too much of everything.
AKA is an french action film, with a muscleman at center. That's a traditional setup, and with time, some of them learn the trade.
The trouble is not the acting, lack thereof, but with the script.
It feels like a group of people went script-shopping and said: We'd like a french action movie, with a tough fighter at the center. He's, uh, to infitrate organised crime. Yeah, organised crime, that's good; drugs and prostitution and that. And add some shady government officials and politicians. Human angle, we need an human angle. Add something about children and protecting them, that's always welcome. If there's child abuse, only offscreen. And we want french muslims, but the modern depiction, right? A bit about neo-colonialism. And some tragic things happening. And betrayal and a plot twist, and this and that... and we want some more action, but not too expensive!
The scriptwriters and -doctors did a good job to fit it all into one script they were asked to put in. And the director did the best with what he was given. But watching it, the result feels overloaded. Too many different angles, none played out in-depth. There's excellent movies focusing on two aspects, where this crams in a dozen.
And that's why, in the end, this isn't a satisfying watch. They did all they were supposed to do, but it is too constructed, with too many different tropes and genres combined. (The protagonist being in the learning stage about acting doesn't help either, but he's got the build and muscle.)
It can fill some time, it's not boring, but not convincing either. 6/10