La Tour 2 contrôle infernale
Two disastrously compromised former fighter pilots become airport porters and stumble into a terrorist crisis through a barrage of surreal slapstick.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- absurdist
- irreverent
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- group comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as an uneven absurdist comedy with a few comic ideas but limited overall effectiveness.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The pilots’ neurological damage, reclassification as airport porters, and accidental luggage-belt escape create deliberately illogical physical comedy.
The airport hierarchy, ministerial figures, military officials, and terrorist interference are all filtered through farcical incompetence.
Ernest and Bachir’s damaged judgment and low-status airport work drive their responses to the terminal crisis.
Aurly West Airport supplies the luggage systems, terminal disruptions, and workplace hierarchy central to the action.
Films like La Tour 2 contrôle infernale, and why
La Tour Montparnasse infernale
shares broad slapstick, absurdist humor, and incompetent protagonists in escalating comic situations
Réalité
shares surreal comic world-building, exaggerated performances, and irreverent french satire
The Naked Gun
shares deadpan absurdity, eccentric characters, and comic disruption of institutional settings
Movie Details
- Director
- Éric Judor
- Release Date
- 2016-02-10
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 4.1 / 10 (253)
Cast
- Éric Judor
- Ramzy Bedia
- Marina Foïs
- Philippe Katerine
- Serge Riaboukine
- Grégoire Oestermann
- Lionel Beyeke
- Joël Jernidier
- Ton De Wit
- Michel Lerousseau
Common questions
- What is La Tour 2 contrôle infernale about?
- Two disastrously compromised former fighter pilots become airport porters and stumble into a terrorist crisis through a barrage of surreal slapstick.
- What is La Tour 2 contrôle infernale like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of La Tour 2 contrôle infernale as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is La Tour 2 contrôle infernale violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in La Tour 2 contrôle infernale as mild.
- What did critics think of La Tour 2 contrôle infernale?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as an uneven absurdist comedy with a few comic ideas but limited overall effectiveness.
- Which films are like La Tour 2 contrôle infernale?
- Films with a similar feel include La Tour Montparnasse infernale, Réalité, and The Naked Gun.
- How long is La Tour 2 contrôle infernale?
- La Tour 2 contrôle infernale runs 88 minutes.
