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12/08/2006 |  Based on actual, mysterious, never-resolved events of French history, Le Pacte Des Loups should NOT be viewed as a history lesson. Often talked about because "it has martial arts scenes and that's weird because it's in 18th century France", it should also NOT be viewed for it's martial arts.
Le Pacte Des Loups is a long (2hrs 30mins), engaging, beautifully shot, skilfully acted, thoroughly entertaining piece of cinema. For these reasons, Le Pacte... comes heavily recommended and should be watched especially by those who enjoy their films atmospheric, slow yet explosive, mysterious and twisted. Those of you enjoyed Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow might want to check this out, as the two films have more than a few things in common.
All in all, just delve into Le Pacte... and you will be rewarded with a great movie, which is at the same time a period piece, an action movie, a mystery, a horror movie, a drama, and a romantic comedy, succeeding in all fields.
Oh, and by the way, the "martial arts" make sense. Not all martial arts are Chinese or Japanese.
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