Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- irreverent
- frantic
- lazy weekend
- group movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The tower takeover, hostage crisis, and rescue mission are presented through broad slapstick and spoof conventions.
Window washers Eric and Ramzy become the unlikely figures expected to save hostages from armed terrorists.
The Montparnasse tower supplies the film's vertical workplace setting, hostage geography, and physical-comedy opportunities.
Eric and Ramzy remain together after work and respond to the crisis as an inseparable, inept pair.
Films like La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, and why
The Naked Gun
shares broad physical comedy, absurd parody, and an inept duo caught in exaggerated criminal danger
Hot Shots!
combines slapstick action, incompetent heroes, and spoof treatment of high-stakes hostage situations
Rush Hour
features a comic partnership, escalating workplace chaos, and farcical action set pieces
Movie Details
- Director
- Charles Nemes
- Release Date
- 2001-03-28
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (928)
Cast
- Éric Judor
- Ramzy Bedia
- Marina Foïs
- Serge Riaboukine
- Michel Puterflam
- Omar Sy
- Jean-Claude Dauphin
- JoeyStarr
- Fred Testot
- Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Common questions
- What is La Tour Montparnasse Infernale about?
- Two hapless Parisian window washers turn a skyscraper hostage crisis into a wildly incompetent rescue mission.
- What is La Tour Montparnasse Infernale like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of La Tour Montparnasse Infernale as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is La Tour Montparnasse Infernale violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in La Tour Montparnasse Infernale as mild.
- Which films are like La Tour Montparnasse Infernale?
- Films with a similar feel include The Naked Gun, Hot Shots!, and Rush Hour.
- How long is La Tour Montparnasse Infernale?
- La Tour Montparnasse Infernale runs 92 minutes.
