He probably shouldn't have bothered. The basic premise is sound: A mission to assassinate the inventor of a fascist computer that is controlling a planet. It has good merit but what follows is trite and banal. The atmosphere is very "film noire", which is at odds with its science fiction setting. The external shots are blatantly in a french city, possibly Paris. The execution sequences are laughable. The dialogue is stilted and the acting is lamentable. This renders the film quite painful to watch.
It is odd that Jean-Luc released this. His other work, on the whole, is excellent and ground breaking but, alas, he completely missed his mark with this one.
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