Abdel Chaouch

Abdel Chaouch

Favorite films

  • A Touch of Zen
  • The Passenger
  • The Way of the Gun
  • Strange Days

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  • Fight or Flight

    ★★

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    ★★★★★

  • Children of Men

    ★★★★★

  • Borderline

    ★★★

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  • Fight or Flight

    Fight or Flight

    ★★

    If Bullet Train had a low-budget cousin, this would be it. Josh Hartnett does his best, but the script is stuffed with bargain-bin dialogue and overcooked action. The fight scenes are chaotic, the humor barely lands, and the whole thing feels like a cheap knockoff of better movies. It’s occasionally fun in a dumb way, but mostly, it’s just… there.

  • Sweet Smell of Success

    Sweet Smell of Success

    ★★★★★

    You ever see a movie that just drips venom? A movie so mean, so slick, so packed with rat-a-tat dialogue that you feel like you need a cigarette and a shower after watching it? Sweet Smell of Success is that movie. This thing ain’t just film noir—it’s film jet-black. A cold, glittering diamond of a movie, cut with the precision of a switchblade, and polished until it reflects every filthy, backstabbing inch of 1950s New York.

    Right out of the…

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  • Borderline

    Borderline

    ★★★

    Borderline is a dark comedy that blends tension, violence, and absurd humor into a quirky, fast-paced thrill ride. It starts as a stalker thriller but quickly cranks up the insanity, delivering a story that’s unexpectedly funny.

    Ray Nicholson is the highlight, playing an unhinged superfan with a mix of charm and menace that keeps you on edge. Samara Weaving holds her own as the pop star fighting to survive, bringing sharp wit and final-girl grit to the role. Their cat-and-mouse…

  • Flight Risk

    Flight Risk

    ★★★½

    Set almost entirely in the confined space of a plane, this is a 90-minute nail-biter that knows exactly what it is: a pure genre exercise, stripped of pretense but brimming with suspense.

    Gibson, working with a lower budget than usual, flexes his directorial muscles with finesse. He makes the most of the claustrophobic setting, crafting scenes that pulse with tension. There’s no fluff, no unnecessary detours. Flight Risk gets in, delivers the goods, and gets out, all in a crisp…

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