In that sense and that sense alone Danish director Michael Noer has succeeded withPapillon.

Just in different ways.

But its all paced so sluggishly that the film begins to feel like its unfolding in real time.

PapillonCharlie Hunnam as “Henri ‘Papillon’ Charriére”

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Or, more urgently, is Hunnam contractually obligated to go shirtless in all of his movies?

Based on the evidence in this unnecessary and uninvolving remake, the answer seems to be an emphatic yup.C