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La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016) poster

2016 · comedy · survival

La Tour 2 contrôle infernale

Directed by Éric Judor1h 28m2016

Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are about to become pilots in the French army. But after the bad consequences of a test undertaken with the centrifuge, they are forced to give up their dream. They are eventually given the position of baggage handler at Orly-West Airport in Paris. But one night, there is a hostage-taking in the airport and the "Moustachious", a group of terrorists, take hold of the control tower.

Our read: La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive comedy · survival entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

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Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / survival, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb4.2931
  • cosy
  • kinetic
  • gentle
  • inventive
  • intimate
  • funny
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How La Tour 2 contrôle infernale feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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ends warmyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 10attention 2/5breezes bysubtitles: full
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

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