Empire of the Wolves

Empire of the Wolves is a French crime thriller set in Paris, where a police captain named Paul Nerteaux is investigating the murders of three Turkish immigrant women found brutally mutilated. To infiltrate the city's Turkish community, he seeks out Jean-Louis Schiffer, a former colleague known for his ruthless methods and his knowledge of the underworld. In a parallel strand, Anna Heymes, the wife of a senior Interior Ministry official, is suffering from blackouts and hallucinations so severe that she no longer recognizes her own husband, and she begins to suspect that her condition is part of something deliberate.

The film was directed by Chris Nahon, his second feature after Kiss of the Dragon in 2001, and he also co-wrote the screenplay with Christian Clavier and Jean-Christophe Grangé, on whose novel the story is based. Jean Reno plays Schiffer, with Arly Jover as Anna and Jocelyn Quivrin as Nerteaux. It was produced by Patrice Ledoux and Andrew Colton for a budget of about 24 million dollars, and its worldwide box office came to roughly 12 million dollars.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 5.8 from around 13,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.7 from 335 votes, indicating a modest reception from viewers. It runs 128 minutes and was released in April 2005.