''La Tour de contrôle infernale'' (or ''La Tour 2 contrôle infernale'' on the billing, often used in the medias) is a

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written, produced and starred by

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Ramzy Bedia Ramzy Habib El Haq Bedia ( ar, رمزي حبيب إل حق بيديا ; born March 10, 1972) is a French actor, screenwriter and film director of Algerian descent. He started his career as a comedian in 1994 after meeting Eric Judor with whom ...

, released in

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of the film ''

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale La Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2001 French crime comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and co-written and starred by Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia and Pierre-François Martin-Laval. When it came out in cinemas in Canada, it was translated into ''D ...

'', directed by Charles Nemes and released in

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Synopsis

1982. Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are about to become pilots in the French army. But after the bad consequences of a test undertaken with the centrifuge, they are forced to give up their dream. They are eventually given the position of baggage handler at Orly-West Airport in Paris. But one night, there is a hostage-taking in the airport and the "Moustachious", a group of terrorists, take hold of the control tower. While the Home Secretary tries to make a deal with the criminals, Ernest and Bachir do their best to save the airport...

Cast

as Ernest Krakenkriek *

as Bachir Bouzouk *

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ...

as Karine Lanceval (mother of Stéphanie Lanceval of the first movie) *

Philippe Katerine Philippe Blanchard (; born 8 December 1968), known professionally as Philippe Katerine, is a French singer-songwriter, actor, director and writer who began his career in 1991. Some of his popular singles include "Mon cœur balance", "Je vous em ...

as Colonel Janouniou *

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as "Le Méchant" (literally: the mean guy) (brother of Machin of the first movie) * Lionel Beyeke as Jean-Peter McCallaway * William Gay as General Mangedeurme * Grégoire Oestermann as The minister of the interior * Michel Nabokoff as the father * Charles Nemes as the consultant (

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) * Joel Jernidier as Zavier Le Black * Alexis Van Stratum as Jean-Loup Muselime

Reception

La Tour 2 contrôle infernale received mixed reviews.

Box office

The movie attracted 211 000 cinema-goers during the first week after being released, against 2.1 millions in total for ''La Tour Montparnasse infernale''.

Notes and references

External links

(FR) ''La Tour de contrôle infernale''
on AlloCiné * (EN) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour 2 Controle Infernale, La 2016 films 2010s French-language films French comedy films 2016 comedy films French sequel films Films directed by Éric Judor 2010s French films