Protagonists in thrillers should really know better than to use multistorey carparks. While the rest of us scrabble around to find change for the pay-and-display, they're inevitably crouching behind a BMW, sweating profusely and generally hoping not to be shot by the stalking goons in bay 3. Unfortunately, this is a lesson Charly Matteï (Jean Reno) fails to heed in 22 Bullets. As the clip below demonstrates in spectacular fashion.
In between not making enough use of public transport and soaking up the opera, Matteï is a retired gangster, dedicated to his family and living the quiet life away from all the drive-bys and all that endless late night poker. The past, though, catches up with him. Twenty two bullets worth.
But like Jacques Mesrine, nobody kills Matteï until he says so, leaving the masked men plenty of reason to regret their actions*. This is Leon, after all.
**22 Bullets **is French director/screenwriter Richard Berry's take on The Immortal, an account of the life and near death of Marseille mafiosi Jacques Imbert. It's out in cinemas on September 3.
Though you'd hope they'd regret shooting the dog anyway - seriously, who does that?