In 1995 French comedy Guardian Angels has somewhat interesting "buddy buddy" concept which is both simple and complicated. Gerard Depardieu plays Antoine Carco, owner of Paris night club with a criminal past, while Christian Clavier plays Father Herve Tarain, a Catholic priest. Two men join forces with an aim of rescuing a boy, who happens son of Antoine’s friends, from criminals in Hong Kong. Matters are complicated with an arrival of "guardian angels" – ethereal creatures that look like protagonists’ doubles but behave like their opposites. Co-written by Clavier and director Jean-Marie Poiré, a team that had success with popular comedy Les Visiteurs few years earlier, this film lacks proper doses of humour. Instead audience is served with a series of action scenes and display of CGI technology which looked primitive even for mid 1990s standards.<
RATING: 2/10
