Monday 30 August 2010

District 13

Director: Pierre Morel
Starring: Cyril Raffaeli, David Belle
Year: 2004
Genre: Action/ Thriller
Release: UK Momentum

Set in a none too distant future, Parisian suburbs have been walled off, and divided into 'districts'. Ruled by criminals, these places have been left to rot by the authorities. When a local hero is set up, and imprisoned, the criminal boss kidnaps his sister as his own, personal slave. Hero boy teams up with an uncover cop, to take him down. Fast and frentic action, with a certain style about everything (not suprising, Luc Beeson has his nose in it), this is meant as a showcase for parkour. The scenes of free running are great to watch, as it's all unfaked. The story is pretty terrible, but it's a good no brainer.

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