When Bazil discovers a pair of rival weapons manufacturers are responsible not only for his father’s death but also a stray bullet that has lodged in his own brain, he enlists his set of wonderfully odd friends to hand out some Gallic retribution.
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s atmospheric dark palette calls to mind his previous films Amelie and Delicatessen and while this is a fun romp it doesn’t quite bare comparison to these classics of world cinema.
The cast all perform gamely, in particular Dominique Pinon who steals several scenes as the cheeky human cannonball Fracasse.
A satisfying dénouement delightfully blends comedy with stinging political satire and elevates Mic Macs above its nearest Hollywood comparison, Ocean’s Eleven. Both are pacy, light-hearted ensemble pieces featuring elaborate mission-based plots, but the added moral message brings a little extra depth to the events of the French film.
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