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 District 13 (DVD)
Description: Genre: Action & Adventure / Theatrical Release: 2006 / Director: Pierre Morel / Actors: Cyril Raffaelli, Tony D'Amario ... more  District 13 (DVD) ... ... / DVD released 09 October, 2006 at Momentum Pictures Home Ent / Features of the DVD: Dubbed, PAL / It's 2013 and Parisian ghetto District 13 has become so dangerous the authorities have walled it in and left its inhabitants to rot. But when neutron weapon is stolen by a ghetto gangmember, enter super-cop Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) and wrongly-imprisoned ghetto-dweller Leito (David Belle). They're both hard-as-nails and experts in Le Parkour, an extreme sport involving wall scaling, roof-running and building-to-building leaping... From the pen of multi-talented action maestro Luc Besson (director of Leon, producer of The Transporter) comes a full throttle action-thriller with physical thrills and spills to rival even Ong-Bak!Newest Review: ... Paris. The story is pure science fiction-lite, but even so impinges on the action. After the first half of the film we are ... more ... given lengthy exchanges in dialogue rather than action – it seems that any French film that is made at the moment has to have some commentary on the America interactions in Iraq – get on with the action!
It is the action elements that prove to be the saving grace of this film, especially those that include Free Running. You may remember this from the last set of BBC 1 adverts that saw a bunch of men dressed in red running towards the screen. In Free Running the athlete jumps over large gaps, runs along walls and us...more |
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District 13 (DVD): Free Running (that costs £11.99) (1008 words)
by samueltyler - written on 14.11.06 (Very useful, 183 readings)
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Most things in life cost something, be it food, shelter or just having a good time. However, I always assumed that running was free. You get up, leave the house and run for your hearts content. Therefore, I was quite shocked to see a new type of activity called ‘Free Running’; yes we know it’s free! Turns out that Free Running is a form of extreme sport that has you running over objects and buildings. The ‘sport’ is particular popular in France were it has been used in a recent action film ‘District 13’. Can this new form of action give ‘District 13’ the uniqueness it will need to overcome its foreign origins and diluted market? The initial story premise ...
Le Parkour finally hits movie screens (904 words)
by Ailran - written on 04.09.06 (Very useful, 798 readings)
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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 ...
District 13 (DVD): Would you want to live here? (834 words)
by Souther - written on 02.08.06 (Very useful, 269 readings)
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FILM ONLY REVIEW Free Running - A now quite popular urban sport in which runners attempt to traverse surroundings in a fluid and aethetically pleasing way using flips, somersaults and gymnastic techniques. Also one of the few things that you can do in London without having to pay a congestion charge. Give it two weeks. Free running is the basis of District 13 or Banlieue 13 as its known in France. It's a French film by the way. It came out a couple of years ago when I happened to be living in Paris for my year abroad. Sadly I never got to see it for one reason or another and it passed me by. Apart from posters, the publicity wasn't very good ...
