Jean-Pierre Melville's over-analyzed, highly suspenseful crime film landmark Le Samouraï contains one cool moment after another, with Alain Delon playing a criminal that you both cheer for and despise.

One of the more resonating French noirs from this era, Melville focuses more on the environment surrounding its characters and the small behaviors that inevitably escalate its simple yet intriguing plot.

Effective French crime movie about a lone wolf, "samourai", wih icy performance from Alain Delon. Memorable ambient jazzy soundtrack creates a bleak and solemn atmosphere. Actually this movie is perfect: it's pacing is just right, it doesn't hurry and it doesn't drag; constructed perfectly. Melville as a director prefers faces to words: facial expressions tell way more than hundreds of words, and so in this movie you can tell a lot about characters' inner worlds just watching their countenances.

It's a very grey movie. Like literally, the color grey fills the screen in this movie. I wish it didn't look so depressing and dreary but nonetheless it was a great French noir film. I loved the chase scene at the end and how suspenseful parts of the movie felt.I'd probably need to watch it again to get the full affect, but for now, great movie.

Le Samourai is a mesmerizing crime film. Melville's attention to procedural detail builds suspense, not boredom, and keeps you holding your breath until the brief outbursts of action. One of the greatest films ever made.

Bleak, well paced, minimal dialogue. Noir.

Beautifully shot, spare, and oh, so cool. Too cool, in fact, as its detachment mostly ices the suspense. Hugely influential; I bet De Niro, Mann, and Frankenheimer watched it a few dozen times before making Heat or Ronin.

This was a film that I was pleased to cross off the To-Watch Pile as part of the prep to listen to the Projection Booth Podcast cover both it and the unofficial re-make from the late '90s. The film follows methodical hitman as he tries to tie up loose ends after leaving a witness behind, which only starts to paint him into a an even smaller corner.Very well-regarded and for good reason, give this one a look.Recommended.

One of the greatest.

A superb action thriller. Set in an urban landscape. Alain Delon as Jef plays a perfect samurai warrior with a gun instead of a sword. And the police that chase after Jef Costello are ruthless to get the job done. It's a very well balanced thriller that engages you more and more as it goes along. Starting out rather slow and some might even say "boring," but like it's lead samurai, the movie is always one step ahead of you. Often surprising you when you least expect it to. it has a slow burn aspect that I really fell in love with during it's final act. I would watch it again in a heartbeat. As the movie is shown to be more charming than I might initially have thought. All in all, the movie is a fantastic work and does a great job world building to immerse you in something that fells very dangerous. 5 out of 5

Classic. Quintessential movie of it's genre. The Driver (1978), The Professional (1994), Ghost dog (1999), Drive (2011) - all of these movies came from this particular Mellvile's Masterpiece. Silent and speechless Delon is the archetype for many essential Hollywood characters.

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This film would equate being a paid assassin with a Samurai, but the latter would never do the deed strictly for remuneration. That said, this was a good period film. France looked pretty rough in 1967, from the looks of this, but you can see the construction of what France looks like today. A bit of a time traveling journey, and we've seen Delon in this character before. 3 Stars - one of the 1001 Movies

Very cool and very calculated. A riveting experience held up by Alain Delon's performance and Melville's attention to detail. A masterclass in noir-espionage film canon.

A mesmerazing film from the first shot, The use of lighting in this film it's like seeing a painter brush in motion, the pace is perfect, the tension gripping,. Melville proofs beyond all doubts that he was one of the greatest european directors of all times, altough his influence is seldom mentioned nowadays. This is one of the best examples of modern Film Noir, and Alain Delon shines (along with a very consistent cast) as one of the most cold blooded, unapologetic and smooth killers ever put to screen. Definitively a must see for any movie lover.