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Take My Breath Away
“If you’re going to the shop, get us a Cornetto.”
NETFLIX Mélanie Laurent has form when it comes to commanding the camera’s gaze. Tarantino deployed her as the Nazi-baiting Giant Face in Inglourious Basterds, unleashing cinema-sized vengeance in tight close-up. Alexandre Aja uses her visage to equally compelling effect in this high-tech thriller, another entry in an oeuvre of sweaty, knuckle-blading survival tales.