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La Tour 2 contrôle infernale

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La Tour 2 contrôle infernale
Theatrical release poster
Directed byÉric Judor
Written byRamzy Bedia
Éric Judor
Nicolas Orzeckowski
Produced byAlain Goldman
Ramzy Bedia
Éric Judor
Luc Bourdarias
David Claikens
Serge de Poucques
Julien Deris
Marc Dujardin
David Gauquié
Sylvain Goldberg
Etienne Mallet
Alex Verbaere
StarringRamzy Bedia
Éric Judor
CinematographyVincent Muller
Edited byJean-Denis Buré
Production
company
Légende Films
Distributed byLégende Distribution
Release date
  • 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$14.2 million[1]
Box office$2.4 million[2]

La Tour de contrôle infernale (or La Tour 2 contrôle infernale on the billing, often used in the medias[3]) is a French and Belgian surreal crime comedy film written, produced and starred by Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia, released in 2016.

It is a prequel of the film La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, directed by Charles Nemes and released in 2001.

Synopsis

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1982. Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are about to become pilots in the French army. But after the bad consequences of a test undertaken with the centrifuge, they are forced to give up their dream. They are eventually given the position of baggage handler at Orly-West Airport in Paris. But one night, there is a hostage-taking in the airport and the "Moustachious", a group of terrorists, take hold of the control tower. While the Home Secretary tries to make a deal with the criminals, Ernest and Bachir do their best to save the airport...

Cast

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  • Éric Judor as Ernest Krakenkriek
  • Ramzy Bedia as Bachir Bouzouk
  • Marina Foïs as Karine Lanceval (mother of Stéphanie Lanceval of the first movie)
  • Philippe Katerine as Colonel Janouniou
  • Serge Riaboukine as "Le Méchant" (literally: The Villain) (brother of Machin of the first movie)
  • Lionel Beyeke as Jean-Peter McCallaway
  • William Gay as General Mangedeurme
  • Grégoire Oestermann as The minister of the interior
  • Michel Nabokoff as the father
  • Charles Nemes as the consultant (Cameo appearance)
  • Joel Jernidier as Zavier Le Black
  • Alexis Van Stratum as Jean-Loup Muselime

Reception

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La Tour 2 contrôle infernale received mixed reviews.

Box office

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The movie attracted 211 000 cinema-goers during the first week after being released, against 2.1 millions in total for La Tour Montparnasse infernale.[4]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "La Tour 2 contrôle infernale (2016) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "La tour 2 contrôle infernale".
  3. ^ The « 2 » over the word « de », makes a reference to the first movie La Tour Montparnasse infernale.
  4. ^ "Gros échec pour le film la Tour 2 contrôle infernale, avec Eric et Ramzy".
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