La Tour 2 contrôle infernale

88 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$14.2 million^[1]Box office$2.4 million^[2]

La Tour de contrôle infernale (or La Tour 2 contrôle infernale on the billing, often used in the medias^[3]) is a French and Belgian surreal crime comedy film written, produced and starred by Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia, released in 2016.

It is a prequel of the film La Tour Montparnasse Infernale, directed by Charles Nemes and released in 2001.

1982. Ernest Krakenkrick and Bachir Bouzouk are about to become pilots in the French army. But after the bad consequences of a test undertaken with the centrifuge, they are forced to give up their dream. They are eventually given the position of baggage handler at Orly-West Airport in Paris. But one night, there is a hostage-taking in the airport and the "Moustachious", a group of terrorists, take hold of the control tower. While the Home Secretary tries to make a deal with the criminals, Ernest and Bachir do their best to save the airport...

• Éric Judor as Ernest Krakenkriek
• Ramzy Bedia as Bachir Bouzouk
• Marina Foïs as Karine Lanceval (mother of Stéphanie Lanceval of the first movie)
• Philippe Katerine as Colonel Janouniou
• Serge Riaboukine as "Le Méchant" (literally: The Villain) (brother of Machin of the first movie)
• Lionel Beyeke as Jean-Peter McCallaway
• William Gay as General Mangedeurme
• Grégoire Oestermann as The minister of the interior
• Michel Nabokoff as the father
• Charles Nemes as the consultant (Cameo appearance)
• Joel Jernidier as Zavier Le Black
• Alexis Van Stratum as Jean-Loup Muselime

La Tour 2 contrôle infernale received mixed reviews.

The movie attracted 211 000 cinema-goers during the first week after being released, against 2.1 millions in total for La Tour Montparnasse infernale.^[4]

• (FR) La Tour de contrôle infernale on AlloCiné
• (EN) La Tour 2 contrôle infernale at IMDb