District B13

District B13 is a French movie directed by Pierre Morel and produced by Luc Besson. The film takes place in an alternative post apocalyptic France, where gangs have taken over one of the districts. The are is overrun with crime and drugs and is spiraling out of control. One day a timed nuclear bomb has been sent to the district. A good cop and a thug combine forces to stop the bomb from going off and figure out who was behind it.

The story is pretty simple. Stop the bad guys. This movie is more on the entertainment level and is all about kicking ass. The film is best know for is stunt sequences, which were done without wires or the use of CGI. The movie has action from the beginning to the end. Now I first heard about this movie by using you tube. I was looking up free running/ parkour and a clip from this movie poped up. I was hooked. It wasn’t until two years later I was able to watch it and I dragged my girlfriend with me to see it .

What was special about this movie is parkour, made famous by the films actor David Belle. Parkour is using the only the body to get from point A to point B in the fastest way possible. So if you would take the stairs to get to the top of a building, he would climb the building.

Overall this was a great movie that I can watch time and time again. This is a film all action junkies should see, and it shows that France can also make action movie just as entreating as America. This movie is a must see and should not be missed.