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French Government

posted 9 years ago by nihatb48
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So, according to now behind a desk, ex-field agent Jean-Claude, the French Government is helpless against these violent Albanian human-traffickers whose numbers have grown to hundreds, yet Superdad Bryan Mills storms in and takes out about two dozens of them along with a French "auctioneer", a perverted sheikh and their crew, all by himself and in less than a week's time ! Wow, if they were to supply him with enough ammunition and a couple of agents just to watch his back, he could eradicate this problem before the month is out :)

[–] marc-hyde 9 years ago

Did you miss the long section of the movie where Mills learns that corrupt members of the French government (including his friend Jean-Claude) are implicitly taking bribes to allow the human trafficking to take place?

[–] stan-18673 9 years ago

It's not like the French to surrender so easily.

[–] escadamausgaby 8 years ago

The auctioneer was supposed to be American. He spoke in an exaggerated accent. I liked that twist.

[–] mikeyg24 8 years ago

The auctioneer was supposed to be American.

Not necessarily. In an interview on Irish television Liam Neeson said the movie was originally intended to be a straight to DVD actioner and they didn't overly concern themselves with dialogue or accents.

Think about it, the Albanians have been in France a while. They may not recognise a hybrid Irish American accent but they sure as heck would have noticed that the Director of French Intelligence didn't sound very French.

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