{"id":33863,"date":"2023-09-24T07:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33863"},"modified":"2023-09-24T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T11:23:52","slug":"district-b13-2004-directed-by-pierre-morel-starring-david-belle-cyril-raffaelli-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=33863","title":{"rendered":"“District B13” (2004) directed by Pierre Morel, starring David Belle & Cyril Raffaelli \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

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District B13 <\/em><\/strong>(2004)<\/span><\/p>\n

Director: Pierre Morel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Screenplay: Luc Besson, Bibi Naceri<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stars: David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, Tony D’Amario<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and Dany Verissimo-Petit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tagline: Welcome to District B13 Welcome to the future<\/em><\/p>\n

The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three years ago crime became so bad in some Paris suburbs the government built high guarded walls around the troubled districts.\u00a0 Heavily armed police man checkpoints in and out.\u00a0 District B13 is one of them.<\/p>\n

Le\u00efto (Belle) lives in the district.\u00a0 He does what he can to oppose the gangs.\u00a0 After Le\u00efto destroyed one of their drug shipments, the gang targeted him for execution.<\/p>\n

When a nuclear bomb is stolen and tracked to District B13, Damien Tomaso (Raffaelli), an undercover cop, is sent in.\u00a0 The bomb will explode in 24 hours.\u00a0 Once in, Tomaso finds himself in an uneasy alliance with Le\u00efto.\u00a0 Millions of lives are at stake and the clock is ticking.<\/p>\n

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m surprised District B13<\/em> doesn’t get more love.\u00a0 It’s a fun action film with charismatic leads. The fight scenes are inventive.\u00a0 Oh, and did I mention it features parkour?\u00a0 That should be no surprise since it stars David Belle who is credited with being one of the fathers of the sport.<\/p>\n

District B13<\/em> spawned a sequel, District 13: Ultimatum<\/em>\u00a0and an American remake, Brick Mansions<\/em> which starred Paul Walker with David Belle (reprising his role).\u00a0 It was Paul Walker’s final film.<\/p>\n

District B13 <\/em>was directed by Pierre Morel in his directorial debut.\u00a0 Morel followed District B13<\/em> by helming Taken<\/em> and From Paris with Love<\/em>, both movies that I recommend.<\/p>\n

District B13 <\/em><\/strong>(2004) rates 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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