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This dark and highly stylized French import directed by Luc Besson (
The Fifth Element,
The Professional) concerns an enigmatic safecracker played by Christopher Lambert (
Highlander) hiding out in the Paris Metro system from a gangster. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colorful and quirky subterranean inhabitants eager to help him and start a rock band. All the while the safecracker blackmails a rich woman (Isabelle Adjani) with whom he is in love. Meant to be a tongue-in-cheek commentary on urban life, the film works better as a light freewheeling entertainment, with well-constructed fast-paced action sequences and a breezy sense of humor about itself.
Subway is an intriguing diversion and a chance to see the cutting edge of modern French moviemaking.
--Robert Lane