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- 2010
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 41 m
- 2010
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 41 m
Summary Two years have passed since elite police officer Damien Tomasso teamed up with reformed vigilante Leito to save the notorious District 13, a racially charged ghetto populated by violent drug dealing gangs and vicious killers. Despite government promises to maintain order, the state of the district has deteriorated, and a group of corrupt...
Directed By: Patrick Alessandrin
Written By: Luc Besson
- 2010
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 41 m
- 2010
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 41 m
District 13: Ultimatum
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7.7
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Summary Two years have passed since elite police officer Damien Tomasso teamed up with reformed vigilante Leito to save the notorious District 13, a racially charged ghetto populated by violent drug dealing gangs and vicious killers. Despite government promises to maintain order, the state of the district has deteriorated, and a group of corrupt...
Directed By: Patrick Alessandrin
Written By: Luc Besson
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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37% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
37% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Pitched cannily at World Beat fans as well as martial-arts zealots, this Luc Besson production aims to please and nails its targets with more speed and style than most of its higher-priced competition.
It’s easy to call this film a video action game starring real people, but that “real” part means a lot.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 73 User Ratings
7.7
73% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
19% Mixed
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14 Ratings
8% Negative
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6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 73 User Ratings
7.7
73% Positive
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
19% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
8% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
One of the best movies I ever saw when I was a kid. The movie is good from start to finish, it doesn't get monotonous even for 1 second! parkour is addictive to watch
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It expands on it's predecessor without losing what made it so excellent in the first place. The plot is more complex, the action more insane, and the stakes higher. Raffaelli brings the awesome martial arts action, while Belle delivers some truly impressive parkour. It kept me hooked from beginning to end and the inclusion of more humor thankfully doesn't ruin things. I do feel Belle's character might be underused in this sequel, and watching the characters jump back and forth from District 13 and Paris without any explanation as to how they were able to pull it off it a little out there, but it's still one of the best action movies I've ever seen. I highly recommend it and give it a near-perfect score of 9.9/10.
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This sequel to the French actioner "District B13" (2004) offers more of what made the original such a sublimely stupid pleasure.
The fight sequences (choreographed by Raffaelli) are especially creative, with the combatants using any available object, including a priceless Van Gogh painting, to get the job done.
There's little difference between the first and second movies -- both written by Besson -- so the perfunctory story line will feel familiar to fans. But the action, and the head-spinning stunts of those agile lead actors, will never get old.
Though it fails to live up to its dynamic predecessor in almost every way, District B13: Ultimatum should still be enough to satisfy the earlier film’s small but faithful core of American fans.
There really are very few sequels that equal or surpass the original film. District 13: Ultimatum has more complex and entertaining action, a better story, more energetic direction and far more political subtext than its predecessor. It's not just a great action film, but a smart and relevant thriller with two great performances by David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli - both real-life action men who can actually emote! Philippe Torreton also impresses as a moral and caring French President, and Daniel Duval makes an appropriately sinister villain. The new director Patrick Alessandrin manages to pull off a far more evenly-paced film than his predecessor Pierre Morel managed in the original - there are very few, if any, scenes in Ultimatum that lose momentum, or that fill like unnecessary padding between action sequences. However, like in the first film, there are elements of the plot that feel a bit daft, even for an over-the-top action movie (you might find yourself holding back a snort of laughter at the film's finale, which showcases the ludicrous outfits that the supposedly threatening gangs of District 13 choose to wear - it just looks like they've been caught in an explosion at a sex shop). A certain amount of silliness is not really to the detriment of the rest of the film though, and you'd be hard-pressed to find many other action films that are as consistently exciting as District 13: Ultimatum, and still fewer that offer so many surprises along the way.
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The story is, as one reviewer said, rather absurd. I admittedly never watched the first movie since apparently this is the sequel. I was impressed by some of the parkour sequences and the fight scenes were decent enough (some are very creative). Never really felt invested with the characters and there wasn't really progression, but strong characters and plot are evidently not the focus in this somewhat over-the-top action movie. That being said, as another reviewer mentioned there are some significant political and social commentaries being made here that help excuse the plots absurdity.
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Un scénario qui sort de l'ordinaire et qui se montre intéressant, des acteurs au talent incontestable, une mise en scène personnelle travaillée à la perfection, une bande originale qui déboite... Voilà les atouts qui auraient pu valoriser Banlieue 13 si les productions Besson étaient des chefs-d'oeuvre. Ce qui n'est, en ce monde, pas du tout le cas. Et avec avec Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum, on nous prouve une fois de plus que ce qui fut l'un de nos plus grands réalisateurs nationaux (ne pas oublier Nikita, Le Grand Bleu et Léon), ne produit et n'écrit plus que des navets de bien piètre qualité (quoique certains peuvent sortir du lot, comme Taken), et n'aide donc pas vraiment ses chers poulains (même si la carrière hollywoodienne de Louis Leterrier est bien lancée). Bref, Banlieue 13 n'était qu'un divertissement vite oubliable et ce malgré quelques cascades. Et sa suite ne vaut guère mieux !
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Production Company
EuropaCorp,
TF1 Films Production,
CiBy 2000,
Canal+,
CinéCinéma,
Sofica Europacorp
Release Date Feb 5, 2010
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination
