This interesting story relies heavily on a plot hole to help with the viwer's suspension of disbelief. Vincent (Mattias Schoenaerts) is assigned as a bodyguard for an arms dealer's family on an estate which, by its size, would require a team of at least four men.
When the first attempt on the family happens, Vincent manages to protect his charges, who he actually put in danger by getting in the car first, even after he was injured by the assailants. The police show themselves to be corrupt by questioning both Vincent and Jesse (Diane Kruger) about the arms dealer instead of about the assault or the assailants, and they disarm Vincent and abandon the family to find their own way home.
The plot hole is in two parts: the lone bodyguard being assigned as a meager protection detail, and the way Vincent doesn't contact his security team leader, Denis (Paul Hamy), immediately after the assault. I suppose this could be a big difference between French private security and American firms who provide the same service, but I don't really think so.
When Vincent finally contacts Denis, a day or so after the assault, he doesn't even tell Denis why he is calling, and Denis simply shows up alone. A security firm, or even a small independent team working freelance would come to provide support for the sake of their team member, if not for the principals. This plot hole sets the stage for everything else that happens.
Vincent just tells Denis that he's worried because of sensitive papers being left in the house after a break in. This makes him look like a paranoid fool. In reality, an operative would have alerted his boss about the assault and the police reaction, followed by the estate being deserted and left unsecured after a break in, and the boss would have come to the scene with at least a few other team members to secure his employee and the principal.
When the home invasion happens, Vincent has to deal with three killers/kidnappers alone, even having rescue his boss who is getting his ass beaten by one of the invaders. Then his boss says that they have to get away, I suppose from the corrupt police, it isn't made clear, but Denis just bails and leaves Vincent and the principals alone.
This just makes it hard to suspend disbelief about the whole story. It shows that whoever came up with the storyline didn't know enough about how security firms operate to even write a story involving the subject matter.
I think that the basic story can work in a remake with some writers who could eliminate the plot hole that the original creator had to use to carry the basic idea.
When the first attempt on the family happens, Vincent manages to protect his charges, who he actually put in danger by getting in the car first, even after he was injured by the assailants. The police show themselves to be corrupt by questioning both Vincent and Jesse (Diane Kruger) about the arms dealer instead of about the assault or the assailants, and they disarm Vincent and abandon the family to find their own way home.
The plot hole is in two parts: the lone bodyguard being assigned as a meager protection detail, and the way Vincent doesn't contact his security team leader, Denis (Paul Hamy), immediately after the assault. I suppose this could be a big difference between French private security and American firms who provide the same service, but I don't really think so.
When Vincent finally contacts Denis, a day or so after the assault, he doesn't even tell Denis why he is calling, and Denis simply shows up alone. A security firm, or even a small independent team working freelance would come to provide support for the sake of their team member, if not for the principals. This plot hole sets the stage for everything else that happens.
Vincent just tells Denis that he's worried because of sensitive papers being left in the house after a break in. This makes him look like a paranoid fool. In reality, an operative would have alerted his boss about the assault and the police reaction, followed by the estate being deserted and left unsecured after a break in, and the boss would have come to the scene with at least a few other team members to secure his employee and the principal.
When the home invasion happens, Vincent has to deal with three killers/kidnappers alone, even having rescue his boss who is getting his ass beaten by one of the invaders. Then his boss says that they have to get away, I suppose from the corrupt police, it isn't made clear, but Denis just bails and leaves Vincent and the principals alone.
This just makes it hard to suspend disbelief about the whole story. It shows that whoever came up with the storyline didn't know enough about how security firms operate to even write a story involving the subject matter.
I think that the basic story can work in a remake with some writers who could eliminate the plot hole that the original creator had to use to carry the basic idea.