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A.k.a.
Max and the Junkmen
Year
1971
Runtime
112 min.
Director
Claude Sautet
Genres
Crime, Drama, Romance
Rating *
7.4
Votes *
1,149
Checks
210
Favs
13
Dislikes
2
Favs/checks
6.2% (1:16)
Favs/dislikes
7:1
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  1. Miss Jitterbug's avatar

    Miss Jitterbug

    This poster sucks indeed! The movie is fantastic though. 11 years 2 months ago
  2. PoppyMars's avatar

    PoppyMars

    ...that poster is horrible. The film is great! 13 years ago
  3. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    The underrated Michel Piccoli plays the eponymous character of Max et les ferrailleurs (Max and the Junkmen), a police detective hard up for a collar that will stand up in court, i.e. where the culprits are caught red-handed. And so he sets out to manipulate small-time hoods into going for a bigger target, largely through a prostitute who hangs out with the gang, but does he play the game TOO well? This is a story of entrapment to the Nth degree, and it has some very unusual tension builders, largely thanks to a subtle performance by the vivacious Romy Schneider. I'm not entirely sure about the ending, mind, but the film very nicely portrays cops as jobbers with quotas that have little to do with morality. More traffic tickets are handed out at the end of the month, but I doubt people are actually driving worse, you know? Now imagine an undercover cop had put the idea of running a stop sign in your head... I guess I gotta track down more films signed Claude Sautet. 1 year 1 month ago
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