District B13

Pierre Morel’s futuristic thriller is set in the Paris of the near future. As the arrondissements become more rebellious, the government respond by walling in the worst offenders in District 13. But when the District’s ‘ruler’ Taha Bemamud acquires a nuclear bomb, it’s up to local cop Damien Tomaso and vigilante Leïto to save the day. The Luc Besson- scripted film is enlivened by the two leads who are both parkour (free running) experts and their astonishing agility becomes the focus of this wonderfully ridiculous action film. In French with English subtitles., A determined cop and a vigilante criminal set on finding a nuclear weapon that has been stolen from a walled-in ghetto., This stunt-filled, breakneck action thriller charts the adventures of two urban heroes (David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli) battling the Paris drug lord who kidnapped the former’s sister and threatens to detonate an incredibly powerful bomb that kills people but leaves buildings standing. Bibi Naceri, who co-wrote the script with filmmaker Luc Besson, costars with Tony D’Amario, Dany Verissimo, Francois Chattot, Nicolas Woirion. Also known as “District B13.”, A nuclear weapon has been stolen by the most powerful gang in Paris’s treacherous, walled-in ghetto, and it’s up to a determined cop and a vigilante criminal in search of his sister to infiltrate the sector, save the girl, and get the bomb out of the bad guys’ hands., A nuclear weapon has been stolen by the most powerful gang in Paris’ treacherous, walled-in ghetto, and it’s up to a determined cop and a vigilante criminal in search of his sister to infiltrate the sector, save the girl, and get the bomb out of the bad guys’ hands in an action-packed tale produced by Luc Besson and directed by cinematographer Pierre Morel. The year is 2010, and a massive wall has been erected to keep the violence of the Paris ghetto confined to District B13. Within these walls, gangs rules the streets and law enforcement is powerless. This time the gangs have gone too far, though, and when the authorities realize that a nuclear weapon has been smuggled into the district, specially trained policeman and martial artist Damien is assigned the task of retrieving the weapon of mass destruction before Paris goes up in flames. He’s not going to be able to do it on his own, though, and when Damien learns that breakaway bad guy Leïto’s sister has been abducted by the very same gang, the pair soon forges a tentative partnership that merges the power of law enforcement with the anything-goes attitude of the criminal element.