SKATE OR DIE (E1, 2008) D: Miguel Courtois, w/ Mickey Mahut, Idriss Diop. Rating: NNN DVD package: n/a Rating: NNN
Title tells all. A couple of likeable 20ish skateboarders (real-life boarders Mickey Mahut and Idriss Diop) witness a gangland killing, and the chase is on. Our heroes roll, leap and run through central Paris pursued by an ever-growing army of heavies in cars, on motorcycles, rollerblades or foot, with dogs and big guns.
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Director Miguel Courtois keeps it fast and fun with a Bourne Identity-inspired fragmented image style, creative location work and a highly realistic approach to the stunts. There’s nothing here that you can’t imagine a pair of adrenaline-fuelled kids doing in reality.
Too bad there’s no making-of doc. I’d love to see how they did it.
EXTRAS Widescreen. French audio. English subtitles.
