Fils du vent, Les (2004)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Julien Seri

Writers:

Bruno Guiblet (dialogue)
Philippe Lyon (writer)

Release Date:

23 June 2004 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

A Mortal Fighter. An Eternal Combat.

Plot Keywords:

Parkour | Tattoo | Sword | Suicide | Martial Arts

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Williams Belle	...	Williams
Châu Belle Dinh	...	Kien
Malik Diouf	...	Kenjee
Yann Hnautra	...	Yann
Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke	...	Yaguy (as Guylain)
Charles Perrière	...	Logan
Laurent Piemontesi	...	Léo
Elodie Yung	...	Tsu
Santi Sudaros	...	Kitano
Burt Kwouk	...	Wong
Ian Kay	...	Terry (as Ian Kay)
Charles Jarman	...	Johnny
Gary Stoner	...	Ned
Jason Hunjan	...	Un sportif anglais
Tony Christian	...	Un sportif anglais

Also Known As:

Retorno de los Yamakashi, El (Spain)
Sons of the Wind (International: English title)
The Great Challenge (USA)
Yamakasi vs. Ong Bak (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for martial arts violence.

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

France | UK | Spain

Language:

French | Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Dan Films

Movie Connections:

References Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (1991) (VG)

It's rather bad.

Now, I may have had my expectations too high because the file read Les Fils du Vent, Yamakasi 2. I liked Yamakasi, even if I don't usually watch sport movies. As sports go, Free Running is pretty cool and the story and acrobatics of Yamakasi were very nice.

This movie lacks the story, the technical prowess and it's set in Bangkok, where just about everyone knows how to jump from buildings (in the movie, of course). To make the French athletes fight in the end and mix Free Running with martial arts seemed to me a very bad idea.

I could have liked this movie, though, if it weren't for the end. It's a mindless brawl where no one has any purpose in what they do. To make things worse, after this scene that seemed to be the end comes another, which practically voids the one before.

So if you are a movie lover or a Free Runner enthusiast, you will not be particularly pleased with this movie. And it has no other qualities.