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Le samouraï [4K UHD + Blu-Ray] (Criterion Collection) – UK

Le samouraï [4K UHD + Blu-Ray] (Criterion Collection) – UK Only

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Joe Donovan says:

02/06/2024 at

A policier that doesn’t age. Borrowed from Hollywood and then borrowed back, the story of the lone assassin, the great Alain Delon, is a perfect Greek tragedy. Watch it and marvel.
Anonymous says:

11/03/2021 at

I first saw this about 50 years ago and it made an impression. I was not disappointed the second time around even though I could only get Spanish dialogue. It doesn’t matter because the film is visually explicit and many passages are without speech. It’s well directed, well acted and well photographed but because of its subject matter it’s not something that you would want to see more than a couple of times.
Meghan says:

13/07/2019 at

Le Samoura is one of my favourite films, and I am delighted with the picture quality of this remastered dvd. I liked its being purely in French, although in much of the film there is little dialogue which makes it easier to follow..
Anonymous says:

03/09/2017 at

Not my favourite Melville “hats and macs” film (that’d be a gunfight between Bob le Flambeur and Le Cercle Rouge), but with Alain Delon as icy as ever you can hardly go wrong. Melville’s very French take on Hollywood noir may not be to everyone’s taste, but it hits the spot with me. It’s very stylised, but I prefer that to American overacting and the locations are spot on. As the supplier says, this is a Korean offering but the English subtitles worked fine for me.
Anonymous says:

14/11/2016 at

The item came really fast, in perfect condition.Everything is as described. The story is great – real film noir,picture quality is perfect.100 % entertainment.The french Blu-ray disc is the only blu-ray edition, which is good.The price is cheap so, don’t hesitate – BUY IT NOW!
Anonymous says:

01/01/2016 at

Consistently fascinating visually with all sorts of subtle ironies. Beautifully played. Laconic dialogue. The twists are largely irrelevant but sustain it for those less interested in the style. Reminds me a bit of Boorman’s Point Blank as the fascinating cityscapes are both brilliantly filmed with real colour detail. Slow in some ways but leaves you wanting more. Arty but engrossing.
KLQJoellen says:

19/03/2013 at

This is a truly remarkable film, which makes one almost sympathetic to the cold, callous, feelingless Alain Delon, whose task is to murder for money. It is the true film noir, in which we watch in helpless fascination whilst the unsmiling and fastidious assassin kills on demand, to return to his soulless, undecorated apartment with its lonely budgerigar and endless supply of bottled water. The film is all atmosphere, and yet the detail is gripping and the characterisation superb: the chief of police who is determined to track down his elusive suspect is a work of art in himself! Watch it, enjoy it, and don’t worry about the message: this is not really the code of the samurai brought to life, but a French improvement on the Hoillywood gangster movie, by a master of his art – who renamed himself after Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick! What more could one ask? Well done, the French. Your artless samourai critic adjusts his fedora, informs Mademoiselle Natalie Delon that he no longer needs her, and goes out in search of his destiny, armed only with a huge collection of skeleton keys and an encyclopeodiac knowledge of the metro…
Anonymous says:

10/12/2011 at

The dvd itself is perfectly fine quality, both audio and video, but the link and description hadnt correctly described this as being a Korean version, so the packaging is primarily in Korean text, with some small bits of English here and there. The spine of the DVD has the title in French, then the title in Korean letters. The back is 75% Korean letters.

At the end of the day, this doesnt impact the ability to watch the video, so I’m not that bothered, but the incomplete description when I ordered it is the reason I havent given this the 5 stars that the movie itself certainly merits.

As for Le Samourai – just as smooth, slick and atmospheric as I had remembered it. I’m not the most nostalgic guy around, but this made me want to live in Paris in the 60s!
Alain Delon is the perfect blank-faced “gangster with a code”, who plans a hit flawlessly, but when things go wrong anyway, proceeds fearlessly.

A must-watch!