Did anybody else like Eric even after he had lost his cool? It could be that Jean-Hughes-Anglade just played the character so well and portrayed him in the right light. I know that he killed people without a second thought but he did it in style. He had an ora about him that just screamed cool. Am i wrong?
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Yes, he was really cool. I agree with you that it's probably Jean-Huges-Anglade that did the portrayinn so well that you felt you could "overlook" his excessive way of life. This movie is underrated.
shareYeah, he was a cool *beep*. A sociopathic maniac, but still so cool. I would even go so far as to say that he is my favorite screen villain of all time. Jean-Huges-Anglade made this movie. Without him, I don't think this film would work at all. In every scene he's in, he absolutely dominates. He manages to make us like(at least i like him) a sick bastard, he is just so damn colourful, and again, so damn cool. Gary Oldmans Stansfield from Leon, another great sociopathic villain, would pale in comparison standing next Eric.
shareWe need to see much more of this guy Jean_Hughes_Anglade.He absolutely made this movie work a treat with a dominating performance.I would agree he was my favourite screen villain along with the Eric Banna role in the film Chopper which was first class.
shareWozza, you just liek people called Eric.
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The Eric character is dynamite. I like the way at the end he is so wrapped up in his greed for the Gold he loses touch with reality/ his sanity and deludes himself that somehow he can get out of the Bank in one piece. The scene of him going down further into the bank vaults in the lift (leaving his friend behind without any hesitation) while lovingly stroking the gold is a black-comedy master-piece - like some kind of mad Fuhrer-figure in his Bunker. The scene where he finally 'gets what's coming to him' is also hilarious - the French Police seem to put about 50,000 rounds into him! Also like the way earlier in the film Eric is described as an 'anti-Fascist' - but turns out to be much worse than the 'Fascists' he is supposedly against.....!! Classic. The film is great, but Jean-Hughes-Anglade's Eric character takes it to another level. Shame this film does not get the recognition it deserves.....
shareI've watched this film so many times. I can't get tired of it.
Eric has got such a scary charisma.
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