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Audio Format: DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: French / French, English Subtitles: French / English, French Region Code: 2, PAL Year Made: 2005 Running Time: 81 / 87
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13th District (aka: Banlieue 13)
In the futuristic French martial arts flick Banlieue 13, a Parisian suburb??s crime rate is so astronomical that the government just considers it a write-off ? the area has been walled off, the police are withdrawing and the citizens remaining inside are left to fend for themselves.
 One particular Borough 13 resident named Leito (David Belle) has decided to wage a one-man war on local druglord Taha (Bibi Naceri, brother of Taxi driver Sami Naceri), who is a bit perturbed at the interruption of his business. With a small army of heavily armed street goons on his trail, Leito makes his escape by scrambling through halls and across rooftops. But Taha kidnaps his feisty (and incredibly sexy) sister for retribution, and Leito ends up in le bastille.
Meanwhile, chopsockey supercop Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) is recruited to retrieve a stolen nuclear weapon from Taha??s headquarters, and he only has 24 hours before the device turns Borough 13 into a smoking crater. Damien reluctantly teams with prisoner Leito, and the mismatched duo make their way to Taha??s stronghold, pound seven bells of crap out of everyone and save the day.
For what Belle and Raffaelli lack in charisma, they compensate with astonishing physical capabilities and a willingness to inflict grievous damage on the stunt crew. Both character introductions are impressive, with the tattooed Belle (who seems to hate shirts) showcasing his insanely acrobatic skills (he invented the ??sport?? of Parkour, which basically involves swift movement through urban environments).
Raffaelli (probably best known as the smaller blond ??twin?? from Jet Li??s Kiss of the Dragon) steamrolls through a casino while taking down a local crime boss, punting skulls and blasting large holes in an endless succession of henchmen.
Yamakasi (aka: Les Samourais Des Temps Mordernes)
 The Yamakasi are a real-life group of French daredevils who can scramble up the side of tall buildings and other urban structures as easily as most people can climb a flight of stairs; filmmaker Luc Besson saw a television report on the Yamakasi and was so impressed that he wrote and produced this project as a vehicle for putting their unusual talents onscreen.
A nine-year-old boy named Jamel (Nassim Faid) has a weak heart, and after he tries to climb a tree with his friends, he has an attack and his parents are told he'll need a heart transplant within a few days or else the boy will die.
The operation will cost over 400,000 francs, money the boy's parents don't have, but the Heart Transplant Corporation, the company who can provide the boy with a fresh heart, are not willing to negotiate on the price. When the Yamakasi hear about Jamel's plight, they swing into action, planning a daring raid in which they'll raise the money for the surgery by staging split-second robberies of the homes of seven of the wealthiest men in Paris -- all of whom happen to work for the Heart Transplant Corporation. Shortly before Yamakasi was to premiere, director Julien Seri and screenwriter Philippe Lyon filed suit against Luc Besson and his production company, claiming their work had been unfairly tampered with; the suit didn't prevent the film from becoming an immediate box-office success in France.
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