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Bastille Day

ActionAdventureCrime

A young pickpocket and an unruly CIA agent team up on an anti-terrorist mission in France.

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Year

2016

Duration

1h 32m

IMDb

6.3

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Release2016

Runtime1h 32m

IMDb★ 6.3

Cast

Idris Elba

Sean Briar

Richard Madden

Michael Mason

Charlotte Le Bon

Zoe

Kelly Reilly

Karen Dacre

José Garcia

Victor Gamieux

Thierry Godard

Rafi Bertrand

Vincent Londez

Yannick Bertrand

Arieh Worthalter

Jean

Mohamed Makhtoumi

Christophe

Théo Costa-Marini

Xavier

Jérôme Gaspard

Yves

Ismaël Sy Savané

Serge

James Stewart

Henri

James Cox

Pierre

JH

James Harris

Marcel

Stéphane Caillard

Beatrice

Anatol Yusef

Tom Luddy

Eriq Ebouaney

Baba

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RyJUGlDec 5, 2025

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CesárioNov 29, 2025

Será Que não temos dublagem em português

Raphael OyedejiSep 27, 2025

the only video quality options are 360 and 480. Is the 480 very clear?

Srijana KoiralaNov 5, 2024

Contrived. Boring. The French to English subtitle translations are heavily Americanized, French don't speak the way this movie shows because it was made to fit the audience Some scenes where Idris is running or fighting it's easy to see as his interview fir a possible Bond role. The story is not cohesive, zero intrigue, poor acting, and an over attempt to play to current topics make this a disjointed story. It tries to compensate fir lack of substance by faster action and a handful of too-clever moments. There are hundreds of questions and very few answers. My best guess is the movie was made to showcase Elba. He is pitted against the French CIA or some similar agency with moderately witty dialog. The same story of the solo American who is better than the entire foreign department of spies. Skip the movies

Baby Boy 🌟❤️💥Nov 5, 2024

source: The Take

DiarraNov 5, 2024

Idris Elba plays "reckless and irresponsible" American CIA operative Sean Briar who is one step ahead of the French police in getting to the bottom of a fatal terrorist bombing in Paris. The apparent bomber is n'er do well pickpocket Michael Mason (Richard Madden, "Game of Thrones", "Cinderella") who gets more than he bargains for when he snatches the wrong bag from bomb-mule Zoe (Charlotte Le Bon, "The Hundred Foot Journey"). Teaming up as an unlikely duo, the two chase around (mostly drab) Paris locations to uncover the plot, pursued by well-connected 'terrorists', led by Rafi Bertrand (Thierry Godard), who actually have a much greedier ulterior motive. There is really very little going for this film. The film is an uneasy mish-mash of the plots from Die Hard and (perm-any-one-of-five) recent Liam Neeson movies, laced with elements of Bourne. It all never quite gels into a satisfactory whole. Not wishing to be controversial, but given Idris Elba's undoubted star quality he should only really need to play to his potential to get a well-deserved Oscar nomination this year. Unfortunately, this is not the film that delivers him the material to show that, and he spends most of the film saying little (in a strangely Hackney-fied US accent) and looking broodingly 'reckless and irresponsible'. Richard Madden fares little better, trying to wield some well-worn buddy-cop comedy lines that are neither convincing nor particularly funny. Rafi Bertrand (Thierry Godard) ends up looking like an uglier version of Ricky Gervais (I expect a retweet of this review from #rickygervais for that!) which is a bit difficult to get past to take his character seriously. Giving a much better performance is the very attractive Charlotte Le Bon, who is by far the best thing in the film. Clearly not the film-makers fault, but the movie (with a delayed release for obvious reasons) is a little too close to real-life comfort given the Paris bombings of November 2015: I suspect that as a result the bombing scene was probably edited down somewhat from its original cut in the interests of taste, which is no bad thing as it is an effective sequence for both the visuals and the sound mixing. The uneasy 'West vs Islam' undertone throughout the film's story makes for queasy and unsettling viewing though. Where the film clunks to the floor is in the paint-by-numbers storyline and dialogue. The fact that the film stoops to an exploitative opening shot of a naked accomplice (a barely - no pun intended - credited Stéphane Caillard) is a sign of what's to come. Some of the scenes (particularly one with CIA boss Karen Dacre (Kelly Reilly, "Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows")) are utterly predictable and others (like a sniper attempt to shoot Mason) so jaw-droopingly inept as to quash any sense of tension. The finale, featuring a Bastille Day storming of the fascist banking citadel single-handedly by Zoe, like some modern day Marianne, is pretty ludicrous. The special effects budget is funded by the same banker as "London has Fallen" (i.e. inadequately) with some scenes such as the (otherwise exciting) rooftop chase lacking the authenticity of a Bond or a Bourne, and the use of what I thought was an obviously model helicopter at one point. Direction is by James Watkins, a Brit who did the passably chilling "Woman in Black". I feel vaguely guilty for rating it the way I do as the whole film smells of people trying really hard with the money they had available. Perhaps with a bigger budget it could have been better. According to the film "the hashtags will push it over". In that case, #bastilleday #avoid.

Ángel 🫠Nov 5, 2024

The use of subtitles is so inconsistent that it's rendered useless Luckily the French movie follows nearly every American action movie, so it's not hard to follow Just wish Netflix showed some effort when it splashed up on the main page as a new movie to watch. Rated a 6. But if I spoke French, I would have rated it higher

Meryam kadmiriNov 5, 2024

Ever wanted to know what happens when you mix 24, Bourne, Die Hard III, and Luther on a tight budget, and then you spice it all with a little Luc Besson? Then you have your answer right here. It's a fast paced, no-nonsense action spy thriller, without a single piece of originality. But it manages to present all the borrowed bits and pieces in a way, to deliver a very entertaining experience. The main character is almost a carbon copy of the title character in Luther, so Elba naturally revels in the role. They even managed to include one of my favorite lines from Luther, the little thieves. Which is funny since the second main character is actually a thief in this. Self irony maybe? The movie never slows down, not for a minute. I haven't seen anything like it for quite some time. There is less Neutral Gear in here, than in Luc Bessson's original Taxi. Of course you shouldn't expect a masterpiece. The characters are all shallow, and the story is predictable. It doesn't even try to be clever, it just gives you everything at face value.

user2364773407638Nov 5, 2024

Surprised this isn't at least in the 7's on here. Elba is excellent, no cheesy crap Bond esque love interests. Just a proper thriller with some great twists and decent action sequences. Some comical moments in a non Marvel universe cheesy way. Nothing incredibly new with the plot, but it does keep you interested for the duration. The end hints at a sequel, which could be interesting. If you like a good action / thriller - this is the best I've seen in a long while. Not quite as good as the old Bournes, but certainly better than recent Bonds.

official.queen494Nov 22, 2022

I always use subtitles since I don't hear well. The spoken English was subtitled, which was helpful, but the long spoken exchanges between the French police/tactical/intelligence was spoken in French, but NONE of the French dialog WAS TRANSLATED and SUBTITLED. Maybe not a huge issue except that the 'good guys' had maybe ten pages of dialog between them. The French speakers provided about 80% of 'The Take's' total spoken word. Now, Idris Elba is the caliber of actor who doesn't need to chatter in order to get his thoughts out. Still, with the Strong, Silent Type in the lead, there was no way to follow the plot. When we thought we'd identified the villians, we had to watch and wait for another character's confirmation of events. I don't know who's responsible for subtitles...but really, our phones can transcribe a spoken voice message. We can speak to lock our doors, turn off our lights, and play our favorite music. #pleasefixsubtitles