Le Dernier souffle (1999) *

Directed by Richard Ciupka. With Luc Picard, Julien Poulin and Donovan Reiter. The latest attempt by the Quebec film industry to recapture the local market from the Hollywood domination by producing Hollywood-style commercial blockbusters. It features the most bizarre cast of heroes and villains representing every corner of the political spectrum: FLQ, MUC police, FBI, neo-nazis, right-wing militia, and the Russian mob. The film is rarely boring, but always contrived, and hopelessly conventional.