This film is worth seeing if only just for the opening scene. I was fairly captivated by the leap off the Eiffel tower. When Serafim attempts suicide, the protagonist throws himself right after her, so taken is he.
That his bungee cord was not yet tied mattered little to him. Faith, only, in his friends made it work; they dutifully grabbed the end of the line in time to save his life. In true James Bond fashion, he managed to plunge faster to the bottom than her to effect a rescue.
Every filmaker should benchmark this film's opening. It is so effective that I couldn't help but sit through the rest of the film's effusive violence in spite of myself.
That his bungee cord was not yet tied mattered little to him. Faith, only, in his friends made it work; they dutifully grabbed the end of the line in time to save his life. In true James Bond fashion, he managed to plunge faster to the bottom than her to effect a rescue.
Every filmaker should benchmark this film's opening. It is so effective that I couldn't help but sit through the rest of the film's effusive violence in spite of myself.