Largo Winch Refrigerator Hatrack

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch - screwy name, huh? Comes from a Belgian comic book, and Largo Winch is the main character's name.

Largo (Tomer Sisley) is secretly the adopted son of Nerio Winch, the insanely wealthy head of the Hong Kong based W Group. When Nerio is assassinated, the race is on for Largo to come and assume his place at the head of the company, or for parties unknown to kill him too. The action goes from a Brazilian prison to  the Adriatic coast of Croatia to the boardrooms of Hong Kong. Largo's main sparring partner is his father's right-hand woman, played by Kirsten Scott Thomas.

I got this on recommendation from Ta-Nehisi Coates - he calls it "trashtacular" and he is right. It was somewhere between James Bond and a modern action film. In fact, it reminded me a lot of M:I II. All of the action on yachts in Hong Kong/Sydney Harbors, for ex. I understand it was supposed to recall the heyday of French action films, mostly starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Well, Tomer Sisley is no Belmondo and no Sean Connery either. He's got his own scruffy charm, sullen rebel style.

I can't say this was my favorite of the year. The details started to fade as soon as it was over. But as mindless trash, you could do a lot worse.