Le Dernier Combat 1983  R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: The Last Battle
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Fritz Wepper, Jean Reno, Christiane Kruger, Maurice Lamy, Petra Muller, Pierre Carrive, Bernard Havet, Michel Doset
Only a few people remain on the devastated Earth after the big war, and those people can't talk. Thus, in Luc Besson's first film, there is no dialog. It is a story of the struggle for survival, shown from the standpoint of "The Man" (Pierre Jolivet). Nicely directed but slow, and the low budget shows.
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Monsieur Klein 1976 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Mr. Klein
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michael Lonsdale, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Francine Berge, Massimo Girotti, Michel Aumont, Roland Bertin, Hermine Karagheuz, Jean Champion
Set in Paris during 1942, this story involves French/Catholic antiques dealer Robert Klein (Alain Delon) who finds that his name is also being used by a Jewish refugee. Gradually, the refugee siphons off more and more of Klein's identity until Klein himself evolves into a Jewish identity.
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 Nikita 1990  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller / Romance
aka: La Femme Nikita
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Tcheky Karyo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Jean Bouise, Philippe Du Janerand, Roland Blanche, Philippe Leroy, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathiere, Philippe Leroy
A drug addict who commits robbery and murder, Nikita (Anne Parillaud), is tried, convicted, and then sent to a school for special operatives. She is given a second chance when she is recruited as a hired assassin, then is pronounced dead and presumed buried. One night, Nikita is enjoying a dinner at a restaurant when she is handed a gun and told to kill the man seated next to her. She does and heads back to headquarters where she is told she has graduated. Thus begins her double life, but she is torn between this new life and leading a normal one. Remade in 1993 as "Point of No Return."
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Soy Cuba 1964 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: I Am Cuba
Director: Mikhail Kalatozov
Cast: Luz Maria Collazo, Jose Gallardo, Sergio Corrieri, Mario G. Broche, Raul Garcia, Jean Bouise, Salvador Wood, Alberto Morgan, Celia Rodriguez, Fausto Mirabal
This 1964 Soviet-Cuban anti-American propaganda film has been restored and re-released. The film was not released in the United States until 1995. Four stories show the need for revolution providing insight into the Cold War years and represent an excellent example of Socialist Realism in the Arts.
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Subway 1985  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Christopher Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jean Bouise, Jean-Claude Lecas, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Jean Reno, Eric Serra, Arthur Simms, Alain Guillard, Constantin Alexandrov
Fred (Christopher Lambert) is a safecracker who steals major documents from the safe belonging to Helena's (Isabelle Adjani) husband (Constantin Alexandrov). Now–with the Metro police, the husband's thugs, and Helena in pursuit–Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro where he lives with a strange assortment of characters in a punk sub-culture.
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| 1. Le Dernier Combat (1983)
aka: The Last Battle
2. Monsieur Klein (1976)
aka: Mr. Klein
3. Nikita (1990)
aka: La Femme Nikita
4. Soy Cuba (1964)
aka: I Am Cuba
5. Subway (1985)
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