Synopsis
Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
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Cast
- David BelleLeïto
- Cyril RaffaelliCapt. Damien Tomaso
- Tony D'AmarioK2
- Dany Verissimo-PetitLola
- Bibi NaceriTaha Bemamud
- Nicolas WoirionCorsini
- François ChattotKrüger
- Patrick OlivierLe colonel
- Samir GuesmiJamel
- AzadTarik
Recommandations
- 90
Time
Makes everything Hollywood has lately done in the action genre look clumsy, dull and stale. It is a short, nonstop stuntfest that, by going back to basics and placing them on the screen with simple, breathless stylishness, turns what is essentially a lowlife movie form into something one is not embarrassed to call "pure" cinema--all energy, movement and high kinetic wit. - 83
Christian Science Monitor
It may be subtitled, and the faces may be unfamiliar, but District B13 is the best buddy action movie around. - 80
Village Voice
Spread the word: This delirious import is the most (maybe the only) fun action movie of the summer. - 80
The New York Times
With backing from the film's producer and co-writer, Luc Besson, the director, Pierre Morel, mounts a breakneck B movie inspired by Hong Kong action extravaganzas, the gritty genre classics of John Carpenter and the Thai neo-kung fu parable "Ong Bak." He hasn't reinvented this particular wheel, but he gets it spinning with delirious savoir-faire. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The big innovation here is that the two nimble leads, stuntmen-turned-stars, are devotees of parkour, a fancy French word for the fluid use of urban environments as jungle gyms. - 70
Variety
Fast, dumb fun. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Go for the dazzling, if repetitive, human stunt work. Endure the appallingly simplistic politics. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
By most standards, District B13 is a fairly routine summer action movie, albeit one in French. But what makes it unique are the truly amazing and kinetic action scenes featuring Parkour pioneer Belle and co-star Cyril Raffaelli.
