Summary
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day.
Good for
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You want something quiet and calm
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+22)
Critics 42Audiences 64GoodWatch 46
Metascore49
Tomatometer34%
Audience score65%
IMDb6.4
Letterboxd · 11 K ratings3.2/5
Box office
28%of its budget back
- Budget
- $2 M
- Worldwide
- $419 K
Worldwide it made back $419 K of the $2 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 36 min
A typical length for action movies, −12 min on the typical 108
typical 10896Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 5 countries
Released
1993
October 1, 1993
33 years ago
Genres
ActionCrimeDramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchMade in
United States
France
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceIntense
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 11 more17 people
- Eric StoltzZed
- Julie DelpyZoe
- Jean-Hugues AngladeEric
- Tai ThaiFrançois
- Bruce RamsayRicardo
- Kario SalemJean
- Salvator XuerebClaude
- Gary KempOliver
- MRMartin RaymondCab Driver
- EPEric Pascal ChaltielBellboy
Cecilia PeckMartina
Ron JeremyConcierge (as Ron Jeremy Hyatt)
Gladys HollandSub Lobby Teller
Kimberly BeckWoman Customer
Djimon HounsouMoïse (voice)- AGAnnette GoodmanBank Teller (uncredited)
Gérard BonnAssistant Bank Manager
Directing · 2
- Roger Avary Director, Writer
- Trey Batchelor Second Second Assistant Director
Production · 3
- Quentin Tarantino Executive Producer
- Lawrence Bender Executive Producer
- Samuel Hadida Producer
Camera · 1
- Tom Richmond Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Kathryn Himoff Editor
Sound · 2
- tomandandy Original Music Composer
- David Spence Dialogue Editor
Art · 2
- David Wasco Production Design
- Mike Malone Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Tom Savini Makeup Artist
Other crew · 5
- Glory Fioramonti Stunts
- Dane Farwell Stunts
- Erik Stabenau Stunts
- Tabby Hanson Stunts
- Tim Gilbert Stunts
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