This dark and highly stylized French import directed by Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, The Professional) concerns an enigmatic safecracker played by Christopher Lambert (Highlander) hiding out in the Paris Metro system from a gangster. While living in the underground and eluding both gangsters and Metro police he meets up with a group of colorful and quirky subterranean inhabitants eager to help him and start a rock band. All the while the safecracker blackmails a rich woman (Isabelle Adjani) with whom he is in love. Meant to be a tongue-in-cheek commentary on urban life, the film works better as a light freewheeling entertainment, with well-constructed fast-paced action sequences and a breezy sense of humor about itself. Subway is an intriguing diversion and a chance to see the cutting edge of modern French moviemaking. --Robert Lane
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A quirky yarn about Fred, a safecracker who crashes a posh party and steals documents belonging to Helena, the beautiful hostess. He then escapes into the Paris Metro, chased by her thug of a husband and the police. He takes refuge in the bizarre underworld existing in the depth of the subway, and encounters a punk sub-culture that is living in an almost parallel universe. While searching for Fred, Helena becomes enveloped in the same fairy tale existence, and upon catching up with the thief, she falls in love with him.
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An underground story where lives intertwine.
As a drifter & fugitive from the corporate world, Fred (Christopher Lambert, Highlander) makes his new home the Paris Metro System. Fred seduces his ex-boss's wife Helena, & gets her involved in his escape underground.
Subway is an arthouse film that is a surreal feast for the senses. Espionage, blackmail & passion make Subway an intense ride.
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Subway is Luc Besson's (Fifth Element, The Professional) ultra cool and stylized romantic caper starring Christopher Lambert (Highlander, Greystoke: the Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes) and Isabelle Adjani (Queen Margot, Diabolique).
Lambert plays a hipster thief who falls in love with the bored and beautiful wife of the millionaire he just robbed. She wants her stolen papers back and he wants her heart. With gangsters and Metro police on their tail, the two seek refuge in the wild labyrinth beneath the subway, and team up with the strange characters, including Jean Reno (Mission Impossible, Godzilla), who inhabit this subterranean world. The result is a hilarious, rocking adventure that never slows down.
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