Synopsis
After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
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Cast
- Tomer SisleyLargo Winch
- Kristin Scott ThomasAnn Ferguson
- Mélanie ThierryLéa / Naomi
- Miki ManojlovićNerio Winch
- Karel RodenMikhail Korsky
- Gilbert MelkiFreddy
- Anne ConsignyHannah
- Steven WaddingtonStephan Marcus
- Radivoje BukvićGoran
- Nicolas VaudeGauthier
- 70
Los Angeles Times
It's handsome, large-scale escapist fare - and has as its costar the formidable, versatile Kristin Scott Thomas. - 70
Los Angeles Times
It's handsome, large-scale escapist fare - and has as its costar the formidable, versatile Kristin Scott Thomas. - 50
Variety
Euro-financed production throws large chunks of change at a corporate espionage saga spanning several continents, yet most of the money seems to have landed in locations, with too little allocated to the script and stunt departments. - 50
The New York Times
About halfway through, the wheeling and dealing becomes so elaborate and the villains so numerous that the only way to enjoy the movie is to let its preposterous story wash over as you sit back and take in the scenery. - 50
New York Post
The generic plot is redeemed by exciting action sequences, good-looking location photography and a hot sex scene involving a femme fatale named Lea (pixie-haired Melanie Thierry). - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Did I care if Largo Winch won his struggle for control of Winch International? Not at all. Did I care about him? No, because all of his action and dialogue were shunted into narrow corridors of movie formulas. - 50
Chicago Reader
Fortunately for the company, Largo turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the corporate sense; fortunately for this sleek, empty thriller, he turns out to be a formidable knife fighter in the street sense too. - 50
Variety
Euro-financed production throws large chunks of change at a corporate espionage saga spanning several continents, yet most of the money seems to have landed in locations, with too little allocated to the script and stunt departments.