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Overview
Le Choc is a French thriller film first released in 1982,
directed by Robin Davis and Alain Delon.
The film stars Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Léotard, Stéphane Audran and Etienne Chicot.
It has also been released under the title: Contract in Blood.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Martin Terrier decides the time has come for him to give up his career as a hired killer.
Unfortunately, the organisation for which he works has no intention of letting him go.
After an attempt on his life, Martin withdraws to the countryside, where he plans to spend
a quite life on his turkey farm, which is being managed by Claire and Félix.
When the farm is attacked by a commando unit, Martin and Claire narrowly escape with their
lives. Martin returns to his employers, who offer him one final assignment, after
which he will be a free man…
Film Review
Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve are reunited for a second time in this big budget crime-thriller,
a typical early 1980s French film policier. The two actors had previously appeared
together (albeit briefly) in Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1972 film Un
flic. There’s not much in the way of originality in Le
Choc, in either its script or its presentation, but it is generally well-paced
and some good acting carries it through its less than brilliant moments.
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