District B-13 (2006)


David Belle
Cyril Raffaelli
Tony D’Amario
Dany Verissimo


Directed by Pierre Morel


Plot: Paris, 2013. Damien is a member of an elite police squadron, a special unit highly trained in martial arts and the precise physical skills necessary to navigate the treacherous urban landscape of Paris' future. He is now tasked with the most vital and dangerous mission of his career: a weapon of mass destruction has been concealed by the most powerful gang of the suburbs of District B13, a walled off section of Paris in which the criminals rule themselves. Damien must infiltrate the gang in order to either defuse the bomb or recover it.

Review: Every so often a film comes along that just looks cool. After seeing the trailer for this film, I was just blown away. The action depicted was amazing to watch and made me crave more. So when this film came to DVD I have to run out and get it.

Luc Besson has given us some great action movies over the years, the Transporter series & Unleashed, so typically when I see his name attached I assume the action will be great. The story is very basic and nothing really original, but that is not what this film is about. This is a film you watch strictly for the action and there is a lot of it. I love anything martial arts related, but this was something different. Most of the action revolves around an art known as Parkour, which consists of moving freely in your environment. A lot of it has to be seen to believe. This is by no means a great film, but is an action film that kicks some major ass. If you love action this movie is for you.
 

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