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The Last Deadly Mission

The Last Deadly Mission

Crime · Thriller · 2008

A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.

Movie details

The Last Deadly Mission

“Let the hunt begin!”

2008 Crime · Thriller 2h 5m

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Last Deadly Mission?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Olivier Marchal

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Schneider

Olivia Bonamy

Olivia Bonamy

Justine

Catherine Marchal

Catherine Marchal

Marie Angéli

Francis Renaud

Francis Renaud

Kovalski

Gérald Laroche

Gérald Laroche

Matéo

Guy Lecluyse

Guy Lecluyse

Jumbo

Philippe Nahon

Philippe Nahon

Charles Subra

Court is in session

Put The Last Deadly Mission on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.