'The Nest' and 'Requiem' both weave complex webs between disparate groups and conflicting interests. With an air thick with intrigue the stages are set for violent conclusions. Who are the good guys? Does it matter when all that anyone in these films is striving for is survival?

The Nest
While escorting an Albanian mafia kingpin to trial, a special police unit led by agent Laborie (Nadia Fares) is ambushed by a gang of assassins hired to free the very mobster they're escorting. She manages to hold on to her prisoner, but she and her unit must quickly take refuge in a warehouse in a nearby industrial park. There, they encounter a gang of thieves who are in the process of stealing a cache of computers. The two factions must team up when the faceless army of mafia assassins converges on the warehouse in an attempt to reclaim the prisoner at any cost. This thrilling, high-tech action film from French director Florent Emilio Siri (Hostage) features a talented cast and a relentless pace driven by tense, nonstop action sequences.

Requiem
Four hardened crooks break out of prison. Hunted down, with nowhere to run, they seek refuge in the only place the police cannot follow: a Cistercian monastery. Cut off from the outside world, a nightmare stand-off develops between the fugitives - ready to kill in defence of their dearly purchased freedom - and the monks they are holding hostage. But in this potentially lethal confrontation, nothing is quite as it seems. The game's been rigged from the start. A violent and fast paced French film than really delivers.