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Night Movie Review  "Sleepless Night" is a French police
thriller, following a cop who is transformed into a relentless
fighting machine after his son is kidnapped. That the cop is
crooked and the kidnappers are drug dealers are only footnotes;
the plight of the kid wins our sympathy during his dad's
agonizing 24-hour ordeal.  French action star Tomer Sisley is a
cop named Vincent, who is seen in the opening scene stealing a
flight bag filled with cocaine from runners for a Parisian drug
lord. This happens in full daylight after a car chase in the
city, indicating rather cursory pre-planning. Indeed, much of
Vincent's strategy is based on desperate improvisation.  Cut to
the suburban nightclub headquarters of Jose Marciano (Serge
Riaboukine), the powerful drug dealer whose men have kidnapped
Vincent's son, Thomas (Samy S