Gomez & Tavarès (2003)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Writers:

Renaud Bendavid (writer)
Gilles Paquet-Brenner (writer)

Release Date:

7 May 2003 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Brother Sister Relationship | Drug | Assault Rifle | Swimming Pool

Cast

Stomy Bugsy	...	Lt. Carlos Gomez
Titoff	...	Lt. Maxime "Max" Tavarès
Élodie Navarre	...	Paulina
Jean Yanne	...	Tonton
Noémie Lenoir	...	Gina
Etienne Chicot	...	Commissaire Cagnoty
Daniel Duval	...	Izenberg
Philippe Lemaire	...	Silvio Baginorelli
Eléonora Donde	...	Catherine Gomez
Tony Amoni	...	St Jean, le Rasta
Guy Amram	...	Rocco
Moussa Maaskri	...	Marco
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brahim Aimad	...	Francky (as Brabra)
Marc Andréoni	...	Nicolas Darochard
Tomasz Bialkowski
Laetitia Colombani
Doc Gynéco	...	Le videur
Kamel Ferrat
Maïmouna Gueye
Philippe Julia	...	Policeman
Faf Larage	...	Un passager de la BMW
Nikita Lespinasse
Alain Peyrollaz
Alexandre Prince	...	Georges
Thimothée Prince	...	Anthony
Michel Robin
Tefa	...	José
Clarisse Tennessy	...	Femme bande St Jean Rasta
Matthieu Touboul
Sophie Zhang

Also Known As:

Payoff (International: English title) (USA)

Runtime:

France:109 min

Country:

France

Language:

German | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Hugo Films

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: On the news report on TV at the end, the French word "trafic" is written the English way in the middle of a sentence in French: "traffic de drogue".

Movie Connections:

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

French buddy-cop movie with a twist of amorality

For anyone who thinks that Mike and Marcus are too arrogant, too egotistical, too uncaring about the consequences of their actions, etc., well, you haven't seen nothing yet - Gomez and Tavarès make those "Bad Boys" look like model police officers! Our "heroes" in this movie are two obnoxious, chronically dirty cops, who try to solve their case not so much because they believe in "justice", but simply to make some (illegal) money, and avoid being sent to jail by the Internal Affairs guys by giving them bigger fish to fry. Some viewers may feel that the unlikability of the leads gives "Gomez & Tavarès" an edge over similar American films, while others may feel that it makes it harder to enjoy. In either case, this "action comedy" contains relatively little action and relatively little comedy. The production is slick and the climactic helicopter vs. speedboat chase is a decent set piece, but nothing you haven't seen many times before. It's the striking, sexy, green-eyed Noémie Lenoir who provides the film's brightest moments. (**)