{"id":28524,"date":"2026-01-17T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=28524"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:54:38","slug":"racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-de-john-mackenzie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2026\/01\/17\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-de-john-mackenzie\/","title":{"rendered":"Racket \u2013 du sang sur la Tamise de John Mackenzie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>C\u2019est un classique du cin\u00e9ma criminel anglais, devenu un classique du cin\u00e9ma britannique tout court, sur les r\u00eaves de grandeur d&rsquo;un gangster londonien bris\u00e9s en quelques heures par une vendetta organis\u00e9e par l&rsquo;IRA. Comme d&rsquo;autres grands films anglais, <em>Racket \u2013 du sang sur la Tamise<\/em> (<em>The Long Good Friday<\/em>) a \u00e9t\u00e9 longtemps ignor\u00e9 par le public et la cin\u00e9philie de notre pays (sortie tardive, bide en salle, aucune v\u00e9ritable notori\u00e9t\u00e9 critique), alors qu&rsquo;il figure parmi les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences majeures d&rsquo;un genre exceptionnel, le film noir british, comptant d&rsquo;autres r\u00e9ussites majeures comme <em>Get Carter<\/em>, <em>La Cible hurlante<\/em>&#8230; R\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1980, <em>Racket<\/em> constitue le point culminant du cin\u00e9ma criminel britannique. Le film est riche en action, mais propose aussi un commentaire politique intelligent sur le d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1980, quand le pays est condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 \u00e9voluer vers un nouveau mod\u00e8le \u00e9conomique et ouvre les vannes du capitalisme sauvage. <em>Racket<\/em> est le premier long m\u00e9trage de John Mackenzie, et sans doute son meilleur. Le film nous plonge dans l&rsquo;Angleterre du thatch\u00e9risme, du point de vue de la p\u00e8gre de Londres, avec le portrait d&rsquo;un gangster-entrepreneur aux ambitions capitalistes, qui a con\u00e7u un plan de r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement des docks de Londres, anciens symboles de la puissance \u00e9conomique de la ville, en pr\u00e9vision des Jeux Olympiques. Il r\u00eave de voir sa ville devenir la capitale de l\u2019Union Europ\u00e9enne \u2013 vision savoureuse au temps du Brexit. Les auteurs prennent pour mod\u00e8le les films noir am\u00e9ricains de la Warner des ann\u00e9es 1930, tout en insufflant au projet une identit\u00e9 profondement cockney \u2013 visite de Londres de l\u2019\u00e9poque du tournage, d\u00e9voilement des us et coutumes de ce petit monde mafieux. Le film est rempli d\u2019annotations sociales et politiques, avec une approche \u00e9conomique comparable \u00e0 celle du <em>Scarface <\/em>de Brian De Palma r\u00e9alis\u00e9 trois ans plus tard. <em>Racket<\/em> est aussi remarquable par son sc\u00e9nario, tr\u00e8s original dans sa forme : il d\u00e9bute par une succession d\u2019actions violentes et incompr\u00e9hensibles, bient\u00f4t reli\u00e9es aux affaires du gangster Harold Shand (ses activit\u00e9s criminelles ne sont pas d\u00e9voil\u00e9es tout de suite, on pense d\u2019abord qu\u2019il s\u2019agit d\u2019un business man un peu plouc mais aux dents longues). Quand ce dernier comprend qu\u2019on cherche \u00e0 lui nuire, il ordonne \u00e0 ses troupes (comprenant un policier corrompu) de trouver rapidement les coupables et les raisons de cette s\u00e9rie d\u2019attentats. On finira par comprendre qu\u2019il ne s\u2019agissait pas d\u2019une simple guerre des gangs, mais d\u2019une vengeance de l\u2019IRA. Cet excellent film criminel, nerveux, violent, politique, contient une galerie de personnages pittoresques et tragiques. Bob Hoskins y trouve le r\u00f4le de sa vie, tandis qu\u2019Helen Mirren est g\u00e9niale comme souvent, en Lady Macbeth man\u0153uvrant aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s de son mari.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Film \u00e9dit\u00e9 par ESC, dans un combo UHD\/BR.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/racket-du-sang-sur-la-tamise-4k-p1-580x580.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est un classique du cin\u00e9ma criminel anglais, devenu un classique du cin\u00e9ma britannique tout court, sur les r\u00eaves de grandeur\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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