The Informant **
Dir: Julien
Leclercq. With: Gilles Lellouche, Tahar Rahim, Riccardo Scamarcio. 116 mins.
Cert: 15
France’s Julien Leclercq
specialises in meat-and-potatoes thrillers based on true events: 2010’s hijack
saga The Assault was broadly
functional, but this tale of shady dealings in late 1980s Gibraltar feels
underpowered. The script, by A Prophet’s
Abdel Raoul Dafri, smartly outlines how debt-laden publican Gilles Lellouche
removes himself from one hole by snitching for French customs, only to face
another dug by Italian traffickers. Nothing much distinguishes the twitchy
confabs that follow, however: Tahar Rahim is wasted in a dull desk-jockey role,
while Lellouche looks more concerned than we ever become. Some shonky British
accents among the smugglers won’t help its chances in these waters.
The Informant is now showing in selected cinemas.
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