Unluky for some!

Advantages: Great fun and a suprise hit
Disadvantages: Silly

...the Tories plan to do in England, suburbs that quickly become huge concrete towered ethnic slums because of, hence the bias prison population, the backdrop to this wonderfully energetic and original action comedy from over the Channel. The stars of the show are Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle, extraordinary young athletic actors who even put Jacky Chan to shame with their physical acting and comedy stunts, the film beginning with one of cinemas greatest ever chase sequences, free running through those concrete jungles of those impoverished Paris suburbs, that sequence alone reason enough to rent this extremely entertaining foreign language film. If Del and Rodney could move this fast in Peckham they would never have to worry about broken lifts and stairwells ever again. Take nothing seriously when you watch District 13. -----Cast...

thedevilinme 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Le Parkour hits the movie screen.

Advantages: Fast paced, incredible stunts & Le Parkour action
Disadvantages: Acting not that great

...Luc Besson, director of such classics as Leon, Nikita & Subway, has, of late, been concentrating on writing and producing out and out action films. Taxi, Taxi 2, Transporter 1 & 2 and Jet Li's Kiss of The Dragon all coming from his pen and producing skills in the last 5 years or so. All these films have a few things in common, they are short on overall plot but high on action, unbelievable stunts and are always chock full of rip-roaring excitement. District 13 changes nothing at all, the formula is exactly the same, after all why change anything when it is doing so well. District 13 is the ghetto of Paris, it is so reviled and hated by the majority of the city that they have built a massive wall around the whole district, and have police checkpoints on the only exits from there. Hidden away from the rest of the city the District...

Ailran 01.01.1970 · Read review
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Keep on running........

Advantages: Exhilarating; action scenes, music and direction
Disadvantages: The occasional bit of wooden acting; shallow plot

...Although I love the never ending supply of films that the English speaking world throws out on a daily basis, I do love watching the occasional foreign language film. Korean films are particularly good on the whole, or at those that seem to make it onto our channels seem to be. There are also some decent French films if you know where to look. Indeed, foreign language films are often classier and more stylish in many ways than an American or English film, and there is something about District 13 that speaks of fun and class. It's always hard to translate a title, and quite often the meaning of a title can get lost in translation. The film's title, 'Banlieue 13', does translate into 'District 13' but it goes deeper than that. Set in the near future, it is set in Paris, a city that is separated into a number of arrondissements, many...

pmcds 01.01.1970 · Read review
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