La Tour 2 contrôle infernale
| La Tour 2 contrôle infernale | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Éric Judor |
| Written by | Ramzy Bedia Éric Judor Nicolas Orzeckowski |
| Produced by | Alain Goldman Ramzy Bedia Éric Judor Luc Bourdarias David Claikens Serge de Poucques Julien Deris Marc Dujardin David Gauquié Sylvain Goldberg Etienne Mallet Alex Verbaere |
| Starring | Ramzy Bedia Éric Judor |
| Cinematography | Vincent Muller |
| Edited by | Jean-Denis Buré |
Production company | Légende Films |
| Distributed by | Légende Distribution |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $14.2 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.4 million[2] |
La Tour de contrôle infernale (or La Tour 2 contrôle infernale on the billing, often used in the medias[3]) is a French and Belgian surreal crime comedy film written, produced and starred by Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia, released in 2016.
It is a prequel of the film La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, directed by Charles Nemes and released in 2001.
Synopsis
[edit]1982. 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. While the Home Secretary tries to make a deal with the criminals, Ernest and Bachir do their best to save the airport...
Cast
[edit]- Éric Judor as Ernest Krakenkriek
- Ramzy Bedia as Bachir Bouzouk
- Marina Foïs as Karine Lanceval (mother of Stéphanie Lanceval of the first movie)
- Philippe Katerine as Colonel Janouniou
- Serge Riaboukine as "Le Méchant" (literally: The Villain) (brother of Machin of the first movie)
- Lionel Beyeke as Jean-Peter McCallaway
- William Gay as General Mangedeurme
- Grégoire Oestermann as The minister of the interior
- Michel Nabokoff as the father
- Charles Nemes as the consultant (Cameo appearance)
- Joel Jernidier as Zavier Le Black
- Alexis Van Stratum as Jean-Loup Muselime
Reception
[edit]La Tour 2 contrôle infernale received mixed reviews.
Box office
[edit]The movie attracted 211 000 cinema-goers during the first week after being released, against 2.1 millions in total for La Tour Montparnasse infernale.[4]
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ "La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "La tour 2 contrôle infernale".
- ^ The « 2 » over the word « de », makes a reference to the first movie La Tour Montparnasse infernale.
- ^ "Gros échec pour le film la Tour 2 contrôle infernale, avec Eric et Ramzy".