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Introduction to The Stronghold Netflix Movie Review

 

On the introductory screen in large letters is a disclaimer about The Stronghold Netflix movie. The disclaimer states that this movie, The Stronghold is fictional. In other words, the storyline is made up and has no semblance of truth about it.

 

Of course, it is entirely possible for the events in the Netflix movie, The Stronghold to take place. I think it is highly unlikely for the events to unfold in the movie as they did. For example, if you watch The Stronghold Netflix movie, you may ask yourself how did an informant find out so much about a certain group without being a part or having connections within. But on the other hand, maybe the informant did know of these happenings but this was not shown to the audience.

 

The above being said, did  I enjoy watching The Stronghold Netflix movie?  Do I think you would like watching this movie? Check out my movie review of The Stronghold Netflix film to find out.

 

Synopsis of The Stronghold Netflix Movie

 

The Stronghold Netflix movie is a 2020 foreign French action film about a group of corrupt police officers' daily activities, some undercover and where their misdeeds led them. The Stronghold Netflix movie has three main characters, each plays the part of an undercover police officer.They are Gilles Lellouche as Greg Cervas, Francois Civil as Antoine and Karim Leklou as Yass. Throughout my movie review of The Stronghold Netflix film, I will refer to these three characters as “the trio.”

 

The trio of characters were in the job habit of hunting down criminal elements in what looked to be crime infested neighborhoods. Most of the crimes involved stolen vehicles, pickpockets and the crime that got the best of them, so to speak, was drugs and drug dealers.

 

In fact, the highlight of the movie was their dealings with a drug informant as well as making regular stings or visits to certain areas in France searching for these type crimes.

 

Action in The Stronghold Netflix Movie

 

There is plenty of action in The Stronghold film, mostly dealing with vehicles, foot chases and fights. However, in contrast, the action in The Stronghold Netflix movie is in no way a match for the quality action scenes in a movie I recently reviewed entitled, The Gray Man.

 

However, I think the movie has enough action to keep your attention, if you are an action movie fan.

 

Realism in The Stronghold Netflix Movie

 

There are quite a few movie magic scenarios in The Stronghold Netflix film. Most has to do with the vast sea of knowledge a young woman had about what was going on in these drug dealing areas. 

 

Unless she was a mole in those places where she could find out what was going on and what is about to happen, there is a question of how she knew so much right down to the schedules of actions that were going to take place.

 

Other fictionalized events in the movie involved the many altercations the trio had in these type neighborhoods. They appear to take a lot of chances being around these criminal elements who would probably have more to fight back against them with instead of their hands and fists – which happened a lot in the Netflix movie, The Stronghold.

 

 

 

Assessment of The Stronghold Netflix Movie

 

The Stronghold Netflix movie has a running time of 1 hour and 45 minutes, so it is  not overly long. The events in the film that dragged The Stronghold Netflix movie down was the number of crimes the trio were involved with initially – which were not interesting to me.

 

In fact, my interest level began to heighten some towards the end of the movie, when a revelation was made regarding the trio’s leader which also served as a twist in The Stronghold Netflix movie.

 

The incidents that happened to the trio as a result of this twist was, in my opinion, the highlights of The Stronghold Netflix movie; however, this happened a little too late in the film. Additionally, the movie seemed rushed in the end after the audience figured out what was really going on.

 

What kept this movie just a little above water and from drowning were some of the action scenes as well as the twist in the movie story scenario. You will know what I’m talking about if you watch the Netflix movie, The Stronghold.

 

Rating of The Stronghold Netflix Movie

 

Based on a rating of 1 star to 5 stars with 5 stars being the highest, I rate The Stronghold Netflix movie 3 stars.