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La Tour Montparnasse Infernale (2001)

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale poster
Directed by
Charles Nemes
Genre
comedy film, parody film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
AL
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 912 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In this French parody crime comedy, a gang of clumsy robbers attempt a heist at the Montparnasse Tower in Paris. The film follows the chaotic and over-the-top antics of the characters as they try to pull off the job.

comediclightheartedsillyfast-pacedparodicabsurdcampy

What happens

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2001 French crime comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and co-written and starred by Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia and Pierre-François Martin-Laval. When it came out in cinemas in Canada, it was translated into Don't Die Too Hard in reference to Die Hard. The movie is a box office success, grossing 20.6 million for a budget of 9.6 million. A prequel, La Tour 2 contrôle infernale was released in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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