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District B13 | 
 enlarge | Director: Pierre Morel
Actors: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'amario, Bibi Naceri, Dany Verissimo
Studio: Magnolia
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy Used: $3.44
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Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 7889
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: MAGD10020D
UPC: 876964000208
EAN: 0876964000208
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Paris 2010. An isolation wall surrounds the ghetto cities of district b13. Within these walls gang rule is absolte. Damien is a member of an elite police squad highly trained in martial arts. He goes undercover to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb & save district b13 from annihilation. Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent Release Date: 12/31/2007 Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com
For eye-popping kinetic thrills, District B13 tops the class. In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris have been walled in and left to rot. When a neutron bomb gets stolen by a criminal kingpin in seedy District B13, Damien--a cop who specializes in deep cover assignments (Cyril Raffaelli, a stuntman turned actor)--has to team up with Leito (David Belle), who grew up in the district and has his own reason for going back: the kingpin kidnapped his sister (tough yet adorable gamine Dany Verissimo). The plot takes a few preposterous turns, but it's beside the point--every turn serves only to maintain the relentless flow of sheer physical prowess. Belle is one of the inventors of a sport called parkour, which treats a city's architecture like an obstacle course; while running from gun-toting thugs, Leito leaps, bounds, and scrambles up and down buildings with astonishing grace. The fight sequences are just as down-to-earth yet over-the-top as Damien whirls, kicks, and crunches through armies of bad guys. Just as important is the tongue-in-cheek tone that never turns smirky; the movie doesn't take itself seriously, but doesn't mock itself or its basic cinematic pleasures. Anyone looking for a break from the overbearing CGI and self-important pomp of Hollywood action movies should watch District B13. --Bret Fetzer
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 Style over substance November 11, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
District B13 is a region of Paris so dangerous that the authorities decided to build a wall around it in order to segregate the "scum" from the rest of the city. However, not everyone in the district is a criminal. Leito (David Belle) and his sister Lola (Dany Verissimo) just want to live their lives like honest, law abiding citizens. So, when a bomb is stolen by a gang and taken to District B13, it is to Leito that Police Captain Damien Tomaso (Cyril Raffaelli) turns in order to act as his guide within the area.
"District B13" is a classic case of style over substance that reminds me a lot of many of Jackie Chan's earlier films. The action sequences are brilliant (the opening scene is so impressive that I actually stopped the film at the end of it and watched it again), but the plot holding them together is flimsy at best. Presumably because all of the film-makers' efforts were put into choreographing the action scenes, the characters are never really developed that much and I actually found myself growing bored between these scenes. Nevertheless, the beginning of this film is great and the ending is good, and at only 85 minutes, there's not all that much between them.
This film was co-written by Luc Besson and directed by Pierre Morel, who also worked together on "Taken", although I much preferred "Taken" (the action scenes weren't as good, but the plot was more interesting). Ironically, whereas the message of "Taken" seemed to be "violence solves everything", the message of this film (which is stated by one of the characters in the final five minutes), is that "violence doesn't solve things". Go figure. Nevertheless, even though the credits assure me that Luc Besson did write this, I probably wouldn't have picked it as one of Besson's movies. It is quite different from the other Besson films that I have seen, since Besson's characters are usually better developed than this. Overall, however, this film is definitely worth watching once, it's just not something that I expect to stay in my mind for more than a day or two.
Edgy, gritty, modern action movie October 9, 2008
H. Callahan (San Francisco, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you really like parcours and your a fan of Luc Besson, you'll like this action packed, gritty, urban movie. Drugs, sex, crime, language and all that good stuff is included with a real plot and very decent acting. The actors are nobodies in the US, but are well known in France, and are the real deal -- black belts, parcours, gymnastics, etc. No stunt guys.
It's fun but not really for kids under 14 in my view.
 Good September 28, 2008
Scott Mcmillan
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
movie came on time and in perfect condition.
if you dont know if its worth buying you can always watch the full movie on youtube (its split up into like 6 different segments)
 OVER HYPED + AMATEURISH ACTING + BELOW-PAR PLOT = Not worth buying. August 4, 2008
Cestmoi
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I rented this movie after reading many praises for the stunts. It's called "parkour". It's a kind of free style jumping over any obstacles such as walls, fences, stones, etc. Yes, they look good but after 30 minutes of seeing the same stuff again and again, it's boring. Jackie Chan's stunts are different and much more engaging.
The main problem of this movie is the acting. It's amateurish. For example, when a guy hit another person, I can see it's obviously fake!
The plot is typical of this kind of genre.
No wonder this DVD did not make much money in North Ameria. It might worth watching once for curiosity.
B13 review August 3, 2008
Antonio Leal
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the action in the movie. the stunts are very good and the fighting is good. I imagine I will hear more about the man who plays the cop.
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