Russian Roulette - 2018 - 6/10
AKA - Une Chance Sur Six
The well heeled, crafty antique dealer being confronted by a low tier thug.
As is often the case, the affluent keep nasty secrets which leave them open to extortion.
“Victim” Hubert, however, is a genial block of calculation. A gambler, a heavy one.
Our blackmailer, ignorant of the fiddled odds, wades deeper into the bog.
This mystery is well shot, bears a lush musical score, and displays kinked characters.
The tone seems a little too blasé and removed, so one is never really involved.
Characters are sharply drawn, though, making this a step higher than most video mysteries.