District B13 (Banlieue B13)
Today, I went to see the movie District B13, or Banlieue 13 in French. This is a science fiction mixed with action flick that was filmed in France.
There are two main characters: Leïto and Damien. The former is a thug who was born in District B13, but respects the law, and tries to follow the law even though most people around him and in his neighbourhood does not. The latter is a cop. He's your clean cop, very rigid, not flexible. The two actors who were cast for these roles were very good looking. In fact, the person who plays Damien looks a bit like Jason Statham, and when you look at his filmography, he has been in both Transporter movies, so it is quite possible that he is Jason Statham's double for certain shots in those movies.
The premise of the story is that in the year 2010, the city of Paris has built a humongous wall around District B13, because crime and corruption has risen to unacceptable levels in that particular District. There is lots of turf wars going on in there. This movie, I would say, is more action than it is science fiction. The stunts were incredible, and it felt like a mixture of Transporter and Ong-Bak.
I won't spoil the movie here, but the only weak point of the movie is the storyline. But then, you don't go to action flicks for the story.
Oh yes, and the two main characters are hot. Too bad imdb doesn't have pictures of them.
posted by radoboist @ 11:59 PM
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