My Movie Review: Une' Prophete' (A Prophet)4.5/5
Opening Statement: A Prophet is a French foreign film about a young 19 year old innocent man entering a federal prison, at first he is beaten, and underappreciated, whenever a big time man Luciani puts him up to a task of murdering another Muslim like him to be put under his protection, he does so. Soon he finds himself deep into drugs, sex, and the gang world overall.
What's Good: This film is excellent in many ways. It doesn't ever hold back from its gritty theme, sex and drug use all graphically shown, and it gets pretty violent from time to time. This is one of the best gangster films I have seen ranking up there with classics like The Godfather. It has a very moving score, and some impressive cinematography throughout its 2.5 hour running time. However A Prophet doesn't try to get pretentious with its look, it is just telling a very interesting, grizzly dark story. I was entertained the whole time. So glad I got to see this film.
What's Bad: It doesn't earn its 5 out of 5 rating primarily because it is long, not that it is boring or anything but this isn't necessarily a film I will be watching again any time soon.
Closing Statement: It truly is an excellent film, dramatic and intense throughout. See this movie if you can find it. Also a must see for any fan of the gangster genre in film, perhaps better than Godfather in some ways? Dare I say it?
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