Last Bullet by Guillaume Pierret [6/10]

I hate the Fast & Furious franchise, so why do I find Guillaume Pierret’s Lost Bullet trilogy, similarly just car chase thrillers, mildly compelling? It has to do with the execution and the ambience. Lost Bullet came out in 2020, Lost Bullet 2: Back for More in 2022, now we have Last Bullet. By now the plotlines have become convoluted, and hero Lino, hiding away, is lured back into trying to exact revenge against a murderous ex-colleague and a corrupt senior cop. Double cross follows double cross, car chase and car crash follow car chase and car crash, and it becomes quite clear early on that the characters and their motivations are just props for the action. Stuntman Alban Renoir, who plays Lino, remains a wooden, obdurate hulk, and the other actors are no better. Why then does Last Bullet offer easy watching? The answer, of course, lies in the rubbishy-but-fun car mayhem. Director/writer Pierret lovingly sticks cameras right in the action or at dramatically low or high angles, so that the movie is a shallow, visual confection.