Bastille Day

Michael Mason| a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb| he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes| killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist threat. The explosion| although botched| was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank| (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar| discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men| on different sides of the law| collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down.


IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 from 24618 users Updated : 2017-12-24

Rotten Rating: 5.2/10

RottenTomatoes: fresh! 47% audience liked it! 42%

Genres: Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller

Actors: Idris Elba , Richard Madden , Charlotte Le Bon , Kelly Reilly , José Garcia , Thierry Godard , Vincent Londez , Arieh Worthalter , Mohamed Makhtoumi , Théo Costa-Marini , Jérôme Gaspard , Ismaël Sy Savané , James Stewart , James Cox , James Harris

Director: James Watkins