Subway review

aelst's review

Subway is a French movie, made in the 80s, about a guy that lives in the Metro rail system. All the characters who live in the subway are underground characters, who don't live in normal society. There are dirty homeless people, musicians, body builders, who all live in forgotten corridors and rooms around the metro system. There is a rich girl, and she falls in love with one of the characters. Its very sappy, the translated dialogue didn't read too well - something must've been lost in the translation.

Plenty of typical 80s images in this one. 2 out of 5 stars.

ratbag's review

I'm a fan of Luc Besson, and "Subway" came with our French Film Festival box set (containing Besson's films). However, I did not enjoy this film as much as Besson's other work, as it's all style and short on substance. The storyline is simple -- strange boy meets married, filthy rich, disillusioned girl, and they fall in love. Girl discovers there's more to life than to be someone's wife for showing off at dinner parties.

The characters are eccentric -- Fred has a special dislike for safes, and feels compelled to blow them up whenever he encounters one. There is also a silent drummer (played by Jean Reno). The dialogue is also funny at parts.

The car chase scene at the beginning looked promising, but the film soon got a little too strange and slow for me. Strange clothes and neon lights bring back memories of the outlandish hairdo and useless huge shoulder pads and fads of the 80s. Watch it if you're curious about Besson's earlier work, or have nowhere to go / nothing to do on a Saturday night.