Star Saïd Boumazoughe custom-tooled this ‘Die Hard’-like vehicle for himself, a scrappy Antwerp-set thriller executed with style and humor by sophomore director Bob Colaers.
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Courtesy of Blue Finch Saïd Boumazoughe gets a “created by” credit just below director Bob Colaers at the end of “Attack on Paradise,” amplifying the fact that this project is very much the Belgian-Moroccan star’s realized personal fantasy of an action vehicle. That translates into something a lot like “Die Hard,” with elements of “Assault on Precinct 13,” “High Rise” and more thrown in — albeit with a distinctly more diverse cast/character roll call, reflecting both the actor’s own background and Antwerp’s multicultural modern reality.
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