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Subway

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France · 1985
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Luc Besson
Starring Isabelle Adjani, Christophe Lambert, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru
Genre Action, Thriller

Fred takes refuge in the Paris metro after being chased by the henchmen of a shady businessman from whom he has just stolen some documents. While hiding out in the back rooms and hidden spots in the metro, Fred encounters a subterranean society of eccentric characters and petty criminals.

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50

TV Guide Magazine by

SUBWAY is DIVA with no brains--a film of all style and little substance. Ah, but what style!

30

Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr

Young French director Luc Besson (Le dernier combat) aims for a little American slickness in this relentlessly empty action film: it zooms along from one arbitrary sequence to the next, and its only aim is to keep the audience pumped up with kinetic stimulation.

75

IndieWire by David Ehrlich

Subway is a rush of youthful energy so raw and well-realized that it steamrolls any of the director’s attempts to cohere it into an actual story.

50

Chicago Tribune by Gene Siskel

The film looks terrific and offers one spectacular chase, but its story and characters are less substantial than even a weak episode of "Miami Vice."

60

Empire by Kim Newman

More style than substance here but what style it is and what little gems of cinematic moments collect together in this enjoyable ensemble.

70

Los Angeles Times by Michael Wilmington

Imagine Steven Spielberg gone existentialist, Carne and Prevert making rock videos, a punk "Diva" and Jean Cocteau crossed with the Clash, and you may get an idea of the peculiar charms awaiting you in the cavernous, fluorescent interiors of Subway. [Nov 16, 1985, p.16]

60

Washington Post by Rita Kempley

Overworked by New Waver Luc Besson, it offers visual verve, if not a lot of storytelling savvy...What "The Road Warrior" did for cars, Subway almost does for rapid transit, with its focus on the commuter cars that glide in and shuttle off into the passageways around the Op,era stop, where much of this tragicomic parable takes place. This parable's philosophy, however, is inane, imitative, prepackaged punk. [22 Nov 1985, p.29]

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