The Red Siren (French: La sirène rouge) is a 2002 French crime thriller film based upon the novel by same name by Maurice G. Dantec. The film was directed by Olivier Megaton from a script by Olivier Megaton, Alain Berliner, Norman Spinrad, and Robert Conrath.
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Plot
Alice, a young girl (Alexandra Negrão), confesses to police detective Anita (Asia Argento) that her mother Eva (Frances Barber) is a dangerous murderer. Eva is also a very powerful and wealthy leader of a vast crime syndicate. She discovers that her daughter met with the police and tries to stop her. Unbeknownst at first to both Anita and Eva, Alice escapes from France and leaves for Portugal to reunite with her supposedly dead father. Eva's henchmen chase after her.
While escaping, Alice meets Hugo, a mercenary (Jean-Marc Barr), who then joins Alice as her protector on her journey to find her father. Anita travels after her, as well. After Eva's henchmen close in, Eva reappears to "reclaim" her daughter.
Cast
Jean-Marc Barr as Hugo (full name is "Hugo Cornelius Toorop" in the original novel)
Asia Argento as Detective Anita Staro
Frances Barber as Eva
Alexandra Negrão as Alice
Andrew Tiernan as Koesler
Edouard Montoute as Oliveira
Vernon Dobtcheff as Vitali
Johan Leysen as Travis
Jean-Christophe Bouvet as Lucas
François Levantal as Sorvan
Carlo Brandt as Vondt