The story is loaded with implausibilities, but it moves so quickly you won't have long to dwell on them, and there are a number of neatly executed reversals. full review

It's fast, lean, satisfying, and forgettable; nothing special, really, until you realize that the movies have largely lost the knack for brisk mayhem like this. full review

The sort of stripped-down, Francophone picture that's been spoiling American action fans over the last few years. There are no Cuisinarted fight scenes, no pauses for awkward romantic subplots. full review

Charging from one beating to another, wrenching diminishing returns from drunken camera angles and cat-and-mouse games, Mr. Jardin makes Vincent's predicament as hollow as a sustained scream. full review

This tense French thriller never goes anywhere new, but nonetheless keeps up an admirable adrenaline kick till the end. full review

Jardin ... brings a restless intelligence and disciplined glee to Sleepless Night that far surpasses its cinematic influences. full review

A frenetic French action film that will either get your heart or your head pounding. This is a relentless genre exercise, both exhilarating and exhausting. full review

There's no mistaking Jardin's playful mastery of the Hollywood-style action aesthetic; his movie starts in high gear and accelerates steadily from there. full review

Full-tilt French crime film weaves multiple threads of cat-and-mouse through the labyrinthine innards of a big nightclub. full review