Pretty much a remake of "Cypher", Canadian movie made three years before this(2002). Both revolve around a geeky main character, out of their depth in a dangerous world, rescued and in love with a cool good looking action capable femme fatal (Sophie Marceu/Lucy Liu)..who has the answers....and is also in love with them.In the end, despite both of them being geeky *very* everyman characters, their geek personas are in fact a disguise, they are actually the so far unseen central anti hero character (Anthony Zimmer/Sebastian Brooks) of the movie, a very secretive and highly capable independent agent, who's face has never been seem (except by the female central character).In both films, two bad guy organisations (Russian Mafi and French Police/Sunway Corp Digicorp) are chasing after him, however don't know what he looks like.In the end, the bad guy organisations are outsmarted, and the Zimmer/Brooks character escapes with the girl...the only people to witness his face are killed. Both movies even finish off with the respective couples traveling off into the sunset together.Anthony Zimmer is stylish in a typical French way, but Cypher itself is quite stylish and the original and the cleverer of the two. Jeremy Northam's acting is probably more solid, and Cypher is more sophisticated and harder to predict. If you have seen this French Version of Cypher, its worth seeing Cypher as a comparison.

This is an excellent film to watch with a significant other ... but make sure to schedule some "debriefing time" afterward. If you like films such as North by Northwest and The Thomas Crown Affair, you are bound to be intrigued by Anthony Zimmer.Sophie Marceau plays her part as femme fatale with a perfect mix of Eva Marie Saint's Artemisian aloofness and Rene Russo's no-nonsense sensuality, and it is a pleasure to watch her interaction with Yvan Attal throughout the film. I think I can safely promise that as soon as the film has ended, you will want to see it all over again.In an age of computer-generated action and ever-expanding body parts, it is true bliss to be seduced by a film that generates suspense in such a variety of ways. Jerome Salle needs no ticking bombs or buried treasures to tell a good story. As long as a man knows how to dress, how to write a script, and how to deal with a lady like Chiara, the rest will naturally follow ... Too bad so few Anglo-Saxon writers/directors respect those basic rules.Bottom line: If you rent Anthony Zimmer, you won't need a back-up film. Just make yourself comfortable, and get on that train. (PS: I'm not sure shoes like that are legal outside France ... )

The only interest in the movie is the relationship between Chiara and the mysterious man. Of course, you guess quite easily the truth, but if you like Chiara you will be in love with the movie. Sophie Marceau has never been as beautiful and demonstrates at last that she is a great actress. There is at least a real sadness, a real mystery in her eyes. The music does a lot for a story: of course, it is very "Hitchcockian". The movie is clearly inspired by Vertigo and by To catch a thief, an it gets some of their respective magic. The only disappointment is Samy Frey, who tries too much to look mysterious. another pleasure of the movie: its location. A wonderful home to die for, appears at the end. It must be located in Ibiza, because i don't think you can find something as wild on the Cote d'Azur nowadays.

I don't find the plot "silly" twisted, and not only providing a platform for the two actors to act.In fact, this movie goes far beyond the easy crap usually sold. I it a movie that takes you back in the intrigues that could be found in the old spy movies genre.The two actors are doing a great job and the plot is unbelievably smart. It some how reminds me of a the previous movie "Patriots" with Yvan Attal.In this movie, everything might be real. This movie deals with one aspect of what life is for some people in the world: an uneasy understandable manipulation of individuals by other individuals.I'm sorry for the guy who did put the previous comment but I just feel that he should read more books, or maybe go back to school and learn to think "out of the box" before he puts unadequate comments that are to viewers, to the director and to the actors a real insult.Stratege thinker Sun Zi said 2500 years ago : an country without spy is like a blind army. What do you think is happening now ?