Reviews of the film "Tourist" should be of interest not only to fans of dramatic action films, but also to admirers of the talent of actress Angelina Jolie, who played the main role in it. The tape of the German director Florian Henkel von Donnersmark was released in 2010. In the article we will talk about the plot, we will give feedback from the audience.
Creating a picture
Reviews about the film "Tourist" after the premiere were very controversial, although the picture managed to pay off at the box office. With a budget of $ 100 million, nearly 280 million were collected by the tape, of which almost 19 million were paid by Russian viewers.
The picture was a remake of the French crime drama Jerome Salle, "Elusive", released 5 years earlier. The picture was shot over three months mainly in Venice and Paris.
Tie
In the center of the plot of the film "Tourist" there are two main characters - the thief Alexander Piers, who is wanted by the whole Interpol, and his beloved, charming Elise.
Two years before the events described, Pierce robbed his boss, for whom he worked for several years. The influential mafioso lost one and a half billion dollars, and Alexander disappeared without a trace. To reach Pierce, his girlfriend Elise has been monitored by the police all this time, but he makes no attempt to contact her. Alexander underwent plastic surgery, changing his appearance beyond recognition.
At the very beginning of the film “Tourist”, Elise receives a message from Pierce asking him to come to Venice, find a young man there who would look like him in terms of equipment, and pretend that he is.
Victim
In Italy, Elise's gaze rests on the American tourist Frank. The police really take him for Pierce at first, but then he finds out that he is just a math teacher who recently lost his wife.
Elise does not stop at this, continuing to convince others that Frank is Alexander. She brings the man to the hotel, kisses at the open window, and then disappears.
The fact that Frank is Pierce, begins to think mafiosi, who robbed Alexander. The American hides from the pursuit of bandits and gets into the police. Guards release him, but only in order to immediately transfer the bandits. During this operation, Elise saves him.
Unexpected turn
At this moment, it turns out that the fascinating film is even more complicated and confusing than it seemed at first glance. Elise is not just a lover of a genius criminal, but an Mi-6 agent who works undercover. She is going to go to Russia to find Pierce there.
At the city ball, where Alexander is supposed to appear, the woman receives a certain key. Once in the right apartment, she discovers a safe, but she was overtaken by the bandits watching her, demanding to give money.
Frank Nekstati appeared at the ball again appears in the police station. Law enforcement officers are also watching Elise, hoping to arrest Pierce in a secret apartment. They hold Frank on a boat, handcuffed. Here is the headquarters, which is developing an operation to capture an attacker.
The American takes advantage of the moment, and when no one is following him, he frees himself and arrives at the apartment to rescue Elise. There he claims to be Pierce, citing as evidence several facts that only Alexander himself could know.
Elise continues to insist that Frank is an imposter, and she told him everything she knows about Pierce. As a result, the lives of both hostages are threatened. Inspector Jones helps them out. Wanting to save his agent, he orders snipers to shoot at the bandits to defeat.
The final
Inspecting the scene, Inspector Aixon and Jones get information that Pierce is already captured by another group of policemen. They set off to interrogate him.
It turns out at the police station that the detainee is not Alexander, who is wanted by Interpol. He pretended to be a criminal for a large sum from a stranger who sent him detailed instructions in an SMS message.
At the same time, Elise confesses to Frank that she fell in love with him. However, she continues to love Alexander and does not know how to get out of this situation.
Suddenly, Frank claims to have invented everything. He defiantly enters the code for the safe, which was known only to Pierce. It turns out that all this time he was next to Elise under the guise of an American teacher.
The police who immediately returned to the apartment did not catch the lovers. They explode a safe in which they find a check for the full amount of debt that Pierce owed to the treasury for his atrocities. Jones announces that the case is closed, although Aixon still feels cheated.
In the last shots of the film, Frank and Elise sail together on a yacht.
Angelina Jolie
The Hollywood actress, appearing in the title role, largely ensured the film's success and a good box office. In the reviews of the film "Tourist" with Angelina Jolie, many viewers admitted that it was for her sake that they went to the cinema.
In the picture, she gets the role of the charming Elise Clifton Ward, who is trying to help her young man get away from the persecution of the police and the mafia.
Today, Jolie is one of the most famous Hollywood actresses. She was born in Los Angeles in 1975. She made her debut on the big screen in 1982 in Hal Ashby’s comedy “Finding a Way Out,” starring with her parents.
World popularity came to her after the fantastic action movies of Simon West “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” and Jan de Bont “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle of Life”, playing the role of Lara.
In Hollywood, Angelina performed several dozen roles. She was twice nominated for an Academy Award, receiving a statuette in 2000 for Best Actress in a supporting role in James Mangold’s biopic drama “Interrupted Life”.
The most financially successful films, which also brought her the greatest popularity, are considered to be Robert Stromberg’s family fantasy Maleficent, Dag Lyman’s comedy action movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller “Especially Dangerous”, and the criminal action movie Phillip Noyce ", thriller Dominic Sen" Gone in 60 Seconds. "
Among her recent works, it should be noted the shooting in the film "Maleficent 2", which was released in 2018.
Johnny Depp
Among the main advantages of this tape, almost everyone noted star actors. The roles in the film "Tourist" that they performed, fit them perfectly.
The genius criminal Alexander Pierce and the American mathematics teacher Frank Tapelo are played by the equally popular Hollywood actor Johnny Depp.
He was born in Kentucky in 1963. Since childhood, dreamed of an acting career. His debut can be considered the horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street", in which he starred in an episode in 1984.
Among his most successful works, it is necessary to name the main roles in the paintings of Tim Burton, in whom he is one of the most beloved actors. This is the fantastic melodrama "Edward Scissorhands", the horror detective film "Sleepy Hollow", the musical science fiction comedy "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the thriller musical "Sweeney Todd, the demon barber from Fleet Street."
The role of captain Jack Sparrow in the pentalogy "Pirates of the Caribbean" brought him popularity.
It is noteworthy that Depp was nominated three times for the Academy Award, but never received a single award.
Spectator Impressions
Despite the success at the box office, many left disappointed from movie theaters. The number of positive reviews about the movie "Tourist" in 2010 is almost comparable to the number of negative reviews received.
Those who liked the film emphasize that the picture from the very beginning attracts a stellar Hollywood duet that you definitely want to see. The actors in the movie "Tourist" really came together outstanding. In addition to the magnificent Jolie and the multifaceted Depp, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Rufus Sewell, Alessio Boni, Raul Bova starred in the film.
Separately, directorial and cameraman work was noted. Filmmakers managed to convey the main features of the characters - the beauty of the heroine Jolie and the charisma of Depp. At the same time, there are very few special effects in the picture that you do not expect against the background of ancient European cities.
Negative
The main complaint in the negative reviews about the film "Tourist" was that the star actors on the set of this picture did not give in even half their capabilities. Almost everyone came to such a disappointing conclusion.
In addition, the scriptwriters, together with the director, creating a remake, almost killed the detective intrigue that lived in the French film. In reviews of the film "Tourist" the picture was constantly criticized for the lack of dynamics, and in some places - of elementary common sense.