Synopsis
Empire of the Wolves (L'Empire des loups, 2005) is a French crime thriller directed by Chris Nahon that you can watch online on iFILM. Jean Reno plays Jean-Louis Schiffer, a disgraced former detective pulled back into service when three Turkish immigrant women turn up dead in the same Paris neighborhood — killed the same way, and eerily alike in appearance.
Young detective Paul Nerteaux needs Schiffer's knowledge of the local underworld to get anywhere, and Schiffer operates by rules of his own. Their investigation pulls them into the orbit of a criminal network called The Wolves, where the murders connect to something far more disturbing than a serial killer operating alone. Running alongside this plot is a woman named Anna suffering sudden memory blackouts — glimpses of a life she doesn't recognize.
The two threads converge in ways the film earns rather than cheats. Nahon keeps the pacing tight across 128 minutes, and Reno is reliably good at playing men who know more than they let on. Stream Empire of the Wolves online on iFILM.
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