Mea Culpa (2014)
Fred Cavayé's first two films both dealt with ordinary people in desperate situations. His first film "Pour Elle" (or Anything For Her) was about a man who decides to break his innocent wife out of prison. (Unlike in the remake with Russell Crowe, the audience is shown that the wife is innocent early on.) "A Bout Portant" (or Point Blank) a man is forced to follow the demands of people who have kidnapped his child.
But in Cavayé's third film "Mea Culpa" the protagonists aren't 'ordinary people'. They are one police officer and one ex-police officer. I felt that not only should they know better, but that they had legitimate access to resources which could help solve their issues.
At one point the protagonists walk straight into a gangster-owned nightclub with guns asking to see the relevant gangsters. Your average episode of Burn Notice already lets me know that this is ridiculously stupid, so I am utterly frustrated by these idiotic police officers. They have a background in law enforcement that previous Cavayé protagonists did not have, and yet they are utterly reckless.
The twist is unsatisfying and the story is poor, but there's no doubt that Cavayé brings a special something to the material. This is Cavayé's worst film by far, but it's still quite watchable.
D+