Banlieue 13 (District B13)
patrick — Fri, 2006-09-08 10:53
This movie is filled with almost every cliche from the action film genre, but wow! As with most movies these days, it's not the base of the storyline, but the presentation.
In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leïto is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue attempt by Leïto is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha.quote from IMDB's page for Banlieue 13 (District B13)Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Leïto must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize.
The 2 main characters are stunt men & all of the stunts they do in the movie are done by them. There's 1 scene where Damien runs up to a car & jumps into the car - when he lands he's sitting in the seat.
Another great action shot is when Leïto is running down a hallway & jumps up, grabs a pipe, & swings through a window above a door! The extras on the DVD show how they did this... they had a rig setup for practice with bunjee cords set across where the top & bottom of the window would be (starting at a far distance apart & slowly working until it was even narrower than the actual window).