Synopsis
Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a much bigger criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.
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Cast
- Omar SyOusmane Diakhité
- Laurent LafitteFrançois Monge
- Izïa HigelinAlice
- Dimitri StorogeBrunner
- Stéphane PezeratMercier
- Jo PrestiaGoran
- Flavie PéanMme Brunner
- Catherine Schaub-AbkarianMme Marchal
- Sylvia BergéChefe de la Crim'
- DjimoDjimo
Recommendations
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Paste Magazine
The Takedown isn’t a radical or revolutionary movie (it is still about good-guy cops), but it’s refreshing relative to its genre contemporaries. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Veteran action director Louis Leterrier delivers exactly what audiences expect: some banter, a couple of surprise plot twists and a few thrills. He does so more than capably, with two sequences in particular. - 58
IndieWire
In a Netflix movie that’s so breezy and enjoyable because of its complete lack of stakes, Leterrier’s approach gets the job done. In the penultimate installment of a gazillion-dollar franchise whose fans have come to expect vehicular mayhem on an interstellar scale, it probably won’t be enough to avert a slow-motion car crash. - 50
Variety
Leterrier manages a few modestly exciting chase scenes, including one that begins in a laser tag course, continues through a bowling alley and a go-kart track, and ends in a crowded supermarket. And his two leads are agreeably amusing and for the most part engaging throughout the film. - 50
Polygon
Sy and Lafitte still carry the day. They give the story a kinetic energy and a loose rhythm, which makes the narrative’s meandering more palatable, even as it fails to break out of the familiar action-flick mold. - 45
TheWrap
Ultimately, The Takedown is a goofy retro buddy cop movie with decent action scenes at best. At its worst, it’s as awkward as the diversity and inclusion publicist following Ousmane around, desperate for a relevant quote. - 38
Movie Nation
The leads are engaging, but not nearly as much as they and the film they’re in assume they are. - 38
RogerEbert.com
The Takedown works overtime to uphold the façade of heroic policing in the most generic way possible, for god knows what greater good.
