K.O. Is a French film released this year (2025) about a former MMA fighter compelled to find the missing son of an opponent he accidentally killed years ago, taking on a brutally violent crime gang in Marseille. An English-dubbed French film.
In ALL my reviews, the word “Dialogue” is at the top of my list of things that either makes a movie successful, or a failure.
In this case, this movie was originally a French language film, so, the dubbed in English translation for ANY foreign language film can easily be really crappy, or really good .
In this case, the English dubbed version is excellent. It’s not easy trying to recite the dialogue AND, trying to match the movement of the actors lips….While sitting on a chair or stool in a recording studio. “Right now I just want to fuck” (not me, it’s from the movie).
The voice acting/dubbing is really good. Almost matching the French language original recorded/filmed language. Kudos to the English voice actors.
Mind you, the dubbing takes place in a sound studio, with “Voice” actors reading from a script.
The movement of the original actors lips don’t match the dubbed in English, but this movie works because of the great “Dialogue”.
I have to say, this movie is really good. Most of the time I’m pausing and writing every ten minutes or so, which is why it generally takes me five hours to finish watching a 90 minute movie.
THIS time, I’m actually enjoying the movie so much that I’m watching larger portions of it instead of stopping so often. Also, my Oregon Home Grown has kicked in now.
By the way, excellent cinematography, excellent set design. I’ve already decided that this film deserves 4-1/2 Unknown Sock Puppet awards out of 5. Watching it on Netflix.
Wow! The kid Leo, (excellently portrayed by Maleaume Paquin) actually looks like a very young Leonardo DiCaprio. Coolamundo!
His father was accidentally killed by our hero/main character in a MMA match in the beginning of the film(Ciryl Gane, another great performance).
The battle at the Marseilles Police Station is awesome! Some of the best choreographed fight scenes of ANY movie I’ve ever seen! KUDOS! It just earned that 1/2 a Sock Puppet Award, moving the movie from 4-1/2 up to 5 Unknown Sock Puppet Awards out of 5. Do the good guys win? I’ve got ten minutes and seven more seconds to find out, hahahaha! In earlier days, when I first started writing film reviews, I used to pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play/pause/play through the credits, as I wrote down all the names like producers/directors/actors etcetera, until I had a pretty simple “Brain Fart” idea….”I know, I’ll just copy all the credits from IMBD”. So……..
Fabrice Gobert
Director
Valentine Arnaud
Writer
Giles Daoust
Producer
Actors….Clicking on the link below might work. Or just copy and paste .
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36240772/
See it on Netflix.
Good night.
This post was brought to you by those wonderfully visionaries at IRTHKOIN. The Evolutionary Crypto-Currency coming soon to your laptop, computer, and cellphone, stay tuned for news.
See my AI music and art at my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@music-art-theunknownsockpuppet
Peace & Abide, La paz y la morada, السلام والالتزام , שלום ושמירה, Paix et Demeure, Խաղաղությունը եւ մնալը, Мир и пребывание,, 平和と遵守, 和平與恪守, Aştî û Abad, صلح و عبید, Fred och Abide, Kapayapaan at Patuloy, Frieden und Bleiben, Mir i Ostanite, शांति और निवास, Hòa bình và ở lại, Мир и Абиде, שלום און בלייַבן, สันติภาพและการปฏิบัติ, Mir in bivanje,
Yadhum oore yaavarum kelir, “The World Is One Family”
Dr. T. C. Saxe, DD, RSISHE
For those who have been keeping up with my progress with my new book, “Ramblings of an Old Fart” here’s my latest in PDF format:
If you just happen to be a REAL publisher of “Books”, you know, hard-bound, or, your rich daddy or uncle is, please contact me to get into the fierce bidding war to place your bid to publish my book. Just kidding, I’m really seeking a Literary Agent however, if you are one or your rich dada or uncle is. contact me.
Here’s a few Social Media links for sharing, thanks:
This website is not filled with a bunch of “Click-On” ads for the latest in “Toothbrushes” “Fashion” or “Free trips to wherever” generating millions of pesos in income. If you do decide to donate a few Pesos because you enjoy reading my essays, that’s awesome, and I sincerely thank you. IF, you donate the cost of a Starbucks, (or if you’ve “subscribed” to my schtick), it will go towards fixing a few things, NOT, my Golden Statuette.
We give awards out for everything from acting to how many Hot-Dogs they can shove down their gullet. What about and award for people that encourage the weary with optimism for THEIR life’s goals and visions, to inspire another person, and believe in THEIR value as a human being? Wouldn’t THAT be groovy? Yes, this essay was not really about me or an imagined trophy, it’s ALL ABOUT YOU! What do YOU want to accomplish in your life?
Send Dr. Saxe a comment using the form below: