Frédéric Diefenthal’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Frédéric Diefenthal has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

The 51st State
2001
Thriller · Action

Charlie's Angels
2000
Action · Comedy

The Chase
1994
Adventure · Comedy

Mr. Nice Guy
1997
Crime · Action

Rush Hour 2
2001
Action · Comedy

Bad Boys II
2003
Action · Crime

Crime Spree
2003
Comedy · Crime

Red Notice
2021
Action · Comedy

In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.
Dir. Gérard Pirès · With Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard

A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers.
Dir. Gérard Krawczyk · With Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard

In a small quiet village in the Ardennes, a sixteen-year-old girl disappears into the forest after calling her teacher in the middle of the night. Captain Gaspard Deker, a former soldier and newly arrived single father is conducting the investigation with Virginie Musso, the local cop. Also helping is the teacher, Eve Mendel, a solitary young woman with a mysterious past: she was found as a child by the villiage doctor wandering silently in the same forest.
Dir. Delinda Jacobs · With Samuel Labarthe, Suzanne Clément, Alexia Barlier

A gang of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus Gang are wreaking havoc, and the police can't keep up. Police Captain Gilbert is distracted by a Chinese reporter writing a story on his squad, and taxi driver Daniel is in the midst of a relationship crisis. After a string of mistakes in which the thieves outsmart the police time and time again, Daniel and his super-taxi pitch in.
Dir. Gérard Krawczyk · With Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy
Before being extradited to Africa to stand trial, a notorious Belgian criminal is entrusted to the Marseilles police department for less than 24 hours. But the wily crook convinces bumbling policeman Emilien he's a lowly Belgian embassy employee who got railroaded by the brilliant master criminal.
Dir. Gérard Krawczyk · With Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Bernard Farcy
A collection of artifacts from an archeological dig in Egypt are brought to the famous Louvre museum in Paris, and while experts are using a laser scanning device to determine the age of a sarcophagus, a ghostly spirit escapes and makes its way into the museum's electrical system.
Dir. Jean-Paul Salomé · With Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal
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