Cast
Christopher Lambert 
Isabelle Adjani 
Richard Bohringer 
Michel Galabru 
Jean-Hugues Anglade 
Jean Bouise
Credits
Written by: 
Luc Besson
Plot
A young safecracker on the run hides in the tunnels of the Paris Métro, where he meets a colourful underground world while the wife of the man he robbed follows him down.
Sinekatalog’s take
A stylish, neon-lit urban fantasy that helped define the look of 1980s French cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (18,130 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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