District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) Blu-ray Region A, DVD Region 1
David Belle (Actor)
| Cyril Raffaelli (Actor)
| Dany Verissimo (Actor)
| Bernard D'Amario (Actor)
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Both of the leads in the French action flick DISTRICT B13 practice parkour, a kind of urban gymnastics that looks a little like skateboarding without the skateboard, and the pleasure of this short frenetic film is watching the two lithe heroes leap through windows, run up walls, and jump off buildings. Like Jackie Chan, Cyril Raffaelli, and David Belle, both stuntmen-turned-leading-men perform their own acrobatic martial arts sans special effects or invisible wires, and the lo-fi fight sequences pack a gritty punch that is often missing in slick Hollywood fare.
The plot involves a futuristic France where the worst ghettos have been walled off from the rest of society, their schools shut down, and the police force evacuated. The people in power simply want to ignore the plight of the disenfranchised, but this becomes difficult to do when the most notorious gang, led by the wild-eyed Taha (Bibi Naceri), gets its hands on a nuclear warhead and proceeds to demand a 20-million-Euro ransom, with the city of Paris as its hostage. Enter Damien (Raffaelli), a one-man police strike force, who has 24 hours to disarm the missile. To help him navigate the war zone of District B13, he springs a vigilante antihero, Leito (Belle), from jail. Leito has personal reasons for taking down the crime lord: Taha has turned Leito's adolescent sister into his junkie pet. As the ultra-athletic duo go up against Taha's gangster army, they repeatedly (and conveniently) lose their guns, and are forced to improvise, thrashing goons with steering wheels, cinder blocks, and their foreheads. The screenplay (written by Luc Besson, director of LA FEMME NIKITA) and the blunt political critique are a bit heavy-handed, but obviously that's beside the point. Lovers of action flicks could ignore the English subtitles completely and still relish the hyperkinetic beauty of the whip-quick combat.
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The director] moves things at a breakneck pace, bringing the film in at a wall-to-wall, action-packed 85 minutes that rarely lets up."
- Wade, Major (Box Office Critic), Box Office, 07/01/2006
"DISTRICT is really all about the visuals: the pinging and ponging of Raffaelli and Belle off walls, stairways and cars." - Ken, Tucker (Entertainment Weekly Critic), Entertainment Weekly, 09/08/2006
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| Product Title: | District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) District B13 (Blu-ray) (US Version) |
| Also known as: | Banlieue 13/The 13th District Banlieue 13/The 13th District Banlieue 13/The 13th District Banlieue 13/The 13th District Banlieue 13/The 13th District |
| Artist Name(s): | David Belle (Actor) | Cyril Raffaelli (Actor) | Dany Verissimo (Actor) | Bernard D'Amario (Actor) | Bibi Naceri (Actor) | Tony Octopuss (Actor) David Belle (Actor) | Cyril Raffaelli (Actor) | Dany Verissimo (Actor) | Bernard D'Amario (Actor) | Bibi Naceri (Actor) | Tony Octopuss (Actor) David Belle (Actor) | Cyril Raffaelli (Actor) | Dany Verissimo (Actor) | Bernard D'Amario (Actor) | Bibi Naceri (Actor) | Tony Octopuss (Actor) David Belle (Actor) | Cyril Raffaelli (Actor) | Dany Verissimo (Actor) | Bernard D'Amario (Actor) | Bibi Naceri (Actor) | Tony Octopuss (Actor) David Belle (Actor) | Cyril Raffaelli (Actor) | Dany Verissimo (Actor) | Bernard D'Amario (Actor) | Bibi Naceri (Actor) | Tony Octopuss (Actor) |
| Director: | Jon Gries 鐘格斯 钟格斯 Jon Gries Jon Gries |
| Producer: | Jon Gries 鐘格斯 钟格斯 Jon Gries Jon Gries |
| Writer: | Charlie Creed-Miles Charlie Creed-Miles Charlie Creed-Miles Charlie Creed-Miles Charlie Creed-Miles |
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| Blu-ray Region Code: | A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Release Date: | 2006-12-31 |
| UPC Code: | 876964000734 |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Color Information: | Color |
| Disc Format(s): | Blu-ray |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Rating: | R (MPAA) |
| Publisher: | Magnolia Home Entertainment |
| Package Weight: | 150 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004771658 |
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Director: Pierre Morel
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Full Frame - 1.33
Full Frame - 1.33
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