District 13

Ph3n0m

Saw this last night,have to say 1 hr 20 odd of pure entertainment, silliness, guns, drugs, fights and parkour

garred

Good, I was going to get this. It is this one your talking about:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

Ph3n0m

Tis indeed. Despite certain "reviews", I loved this film

TerrorFirmer

Looked good in the trailer....

....until I saw "From the producers of the Transporter"

That said, I'll prob still see it... Ph3n0m, can you say if its in any way similar to the transporter? Because I hated that film, and the sequel even more so, intensely, the biggest pile (s) of drivel I've ever seen in the high budget action genre.

Noelie

Yeah i saw it and really liked it, th action is really well done, the dubbing is quite bad though

MisterAnarchy

Decent enough action film ,some great stunts and manoeuvres.
I watched the subbed version ,the dubbed version is pathetic,the accents are a joke,some of them have inner city Dublin accents.
Far better than the transporter

Ph3n0m

Havok - much better then transporter - especially since you dont expect Bello to break out "Ze germans" everytime he looks at the camera

Dont know about dubbed, went to see it in Cineworld and it was the subtitled version (always hated dubbed movies - much prefer the subtitled versions)

The time watching the movie just flew by - didnt drag at all for me. Lots of nasty bone crunching noises making the gf and me laugh, and getting a few stares from the other patrons

Kur4mA

Yeah, I've seen trailers for this and I'm really looking forward to it.

humbert

HavoK wrote:

Looked good in the trailer....

....until I saw "From the producers of the Transporter"

That said, I'll prob still see it... Ph3n0m, can you say if its in any way similar to the transporter? Because I hated that film, and the sequel even more so, intensely, the biggest pile (s) of drivel I've ever seen in the high budget action genre.

the transporter one had really good action scenes, to the best of my knowledge the second one had a different director, not the french guy, and was a big big pile of ****!!!!

District 13, is fantastic entertainment.

TerrorFirmer

Saw this last night.

Worst. Storyline. Ever.

But the astoundingly good fight and escapism scenes more then made up for any other of the movies shortcomings.

Absolutely stupid, silly, ridiculous and far fetched beyond belief. But great fun, and infinitely better then the Transporter, that's for sure! Not that, of course, it's in anyway similar to the Transposter, but just addressing that "from the producers of the transporter" tag.

Ph3n0m

HavoK wrote:

Saw this last night.

Worst. Storyline. Ever.

But the astoundingly good fight and escapism scenes more then made up for any other of the movies shortcomings.

Absolutely stupid, silly, ridiculous and far fetched beyond belief. But great fun, and infinitely better then the Transporter, that's for sure! Not that, of course, it's in anyway similar to the Transposter, but just addressing that "from the producers of the transporter" tag.

but wasnt it fun to watch - ignoring the daft storyline

TerrorFirmer

It sure was

gaius

I didn't see the Transporter because it looked stupid, but I saw "Banlieue 13" (Disctrict 13) when it came out on DVD in France and I have to say its one of the best movies I had seen in a long time. Action scenes were great and it was very impressive for a French film. They ar definitly moving up.

kaimera

rte2 right now!

district 13, french lang + eng subs

[edit]
woops, 2 year+ old thread.

anladmór

EPIC. J'adore films francais.

your man is a tank

cant wait till i move to paris

anladmór

the french balieues(spelt wrong probably) particulary around paris are such a fascinating subject for me. its like what compton in the usa or something was like in the 80's.

anonymous_joe

anladmór wrote: »

the french balieues(spelt wrong probably) particulary around paris are such a fascinating subject for me. its like what compton in the usa or something was like in the 80's.

I don't think they're quite as likely to feature professional parkour artists having gun battles though...

*sighs wistfully*

Good laugh, that film.

Mossy Monk

Watched it last night and thought it was fantastic mindless fun.