Banlieu 13

[Yi Long]

A french action flick involving both martial arts as well as parkour.

How do you people like it? I havent seen it yet and I am considering buying it. I've read a couple of favourable reviews, mainly praising the action.

[udar55]

I enjoyed it quite a bit. The only thing that keeps it from being a classic is there is no big fight at the end. They build up the villain's army but the two leads never fight them. Nevertheless, there are some cool fights and chases in the film.

[jmungus]

enjoyed it as well. nice heavy on the action time killer.
try 'search'; i remember we had a thread with many responses and opinions on this one already.

[Chen Zhen]

as long as u remember its an Action Movie first, rather than a Martial Arts movie, u should enjoy it. havent seen all of it, but i should cop the dvd as well.

[Chinatown Kid]

I got this movie a couple months ago and really enjoyed it. Cyril Raefelli and the other guy who's really good at jumping and climbing buildings and objects were really good in it. I wished there was more fighting but what there is was really good. A great action movie with a pretty good pumping soundtrack, I hope to see more films from these guys!

[GwaiLoMoFo]

I enjoyed B13 as well. Very entertaining action and good stunt work. Story was decent for an action flixk as well (I said "decent"). The chick who plays the sister is gorgeous as well :eek !!

[Chen Zhen]

Gwailo, havent seen u post here in a while, whats up man?

that scene with Cyril in the casino is AWESOME.

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Gwailo, havent seen u post here in a while, whats up man?
Nuttin but the rent, and my property taxes!! Just working an tryin to keep up with the hectic summer family schedule.

[Chinatown Kid]

The chick who plays the sister is gorgeous as well

Yeah she was pretty hot, and damn spunky too. I liked when she made that thug eat her panties, literally! :rollin

[Yi Long]

Damn... I went to the store yesterday to get it, and they didnt have it anymore. I asked the guy at the counter and he said it's still in the system, so someone has probably just hidden it somewhere to pick it up later...

Ah well, I'll pick it up next week orso. It's 3 dvds for 15 euro, so I wont be buying it at another store.

[The Running Man]

This movie sucks. The parkour stuff was alright, but the majority of the fights are boring and not to mention not edited well at all.

For a movie that features a simple plot simply to hang set pieces for, it sure has you wait a long time until the next action scene comes and when it does, it's over in about a minute or two.

Glad I downloaded this.



The chick who plays the sister is gorgeous as well :eek !!


Yeah she was pretty hot, and damn spunky too. I liked when she made that thug eat her panties, literally!

I was told that chick was a porn star.

[Markgway]

The only thing that keeps it from being a classic is there is no big fight at the end.

Yeah there was. On the rooftop. Did you fall asleep? :p

I enjoyed this - which was nice because most HK movies disappointment these days so I had to turn to France and they delivered.

Classic? Nah. But damn good entertainment.

And yeah, the cute sister was a teenage porn star in France. :eek

[The Running Man]

So you were disappointed with SPL but found this to be good?

Yeah...definitely don't recommend me any movies Mark. ;)

[Chen Zhen]

:rollin

far from a classic, but i was entertained.

[Yakuza954]

The final fight on the rooftop wasn't big, and the earlier action scenes were better. That's the problem with it.

Decent movie, but if they actually would have used more parkour scenes, which is the what the film is really about, it would have been better.

[The big rascal]

A pal of mine sent it to me ages ago, but i never watched it as the subtitles were in street language ie. thingz ect...

i watched it recently and i quite enjoyed it as mentioned above did not expect much but a fun pop corn action movie

[mits777]

I didnt see it with subtitles so i cant detail about the plot but the action i saw was pretty entertaining.

[Chinatown Kid]

The cute chick that played the sister is a porn star in France huh? Can anybody direct me were to find some of her movies? :b :lol

[limubai2000]

Would you be referring to...

www.imdb.com/name/nm1482584/ (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1482584/)

If you check the first 4 films in her filmo they are all adult titles, rated X in France.

And aren't most French actresses porn stars? Or were? :p

[Markgway]

So you were disappointed with SPL but found this to be good?

Right on. :D

Yeah...definitely don't recommend me any movies Mark.

I wouldn't waste my time. 8)

The final fight on the rooftop wasn't big, and the earlier action scenes were better. That's the problem with it.

No, but it was personal and intense, and at that stage in the story that's more important. Do they diffuse the bomb? I found this dilema exciting. I'm glad they went with this rather than a more generic beat-the-bad-guys-one-by-one finish. But hey, you can't please everyone... :hat

Decent movie, but if they actually would have used more parkour scenes, which is the what the film is really about, it would have been better.

The film's not about parkour... unless I saw something different?? :\

The cute chick that played the sister is a porn star in France huh? Can anybody direct me were to find some of her movies?

Search Google under the name Ally MacTanya and I expect you'll find images and maybe clips?

[The Running Man]

Right on.

Then I can only assume that your expectations were real high on SPL from all the buzz and low (or lower compared to SPL) for this film.

I wouldn't waste my time.

Good choice, cause otherwise it would make as much sense as Ric Meyers telling a martial artist how to train right. ;)

Decent movie, but if they actually would have used more parkour scenes, which is the what the film is really about, it would have been better.

Yeah, I don't know what you mean. I saw the movie as two different guys with two different sets of skills coming together. Although between the two the parkor stuff came out better since everything else was edited amateurishly and the choreography was quite boring for the actual fights.

[Yakuza954]

The film was advertised as the next French parkour film, after the Yamakasi films that had been made before. I get the feeling the script wasn't finished when they began to shoot, as the first half of the movie seems to be going in a different direction then the 2nd half. Like someone mentioned earlier, the bad guy's gang was built up to eventually have a big fight with the lead characters, but instead they fight a big troll in a fight that dosen't really offer anything except for the repetitive David vs Goliath scenario.

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks for that info guys on Dany Verissimo aka Ally MacTanya! Maybe I can find a place selling her early films, I'd like to see her in her on brand of "action" if you know what I mean. ;)

[limubai2000]

Google her, check page 4 about the last 2 or 3 links you will find some action shots there...

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks Lim! :D

[Markgway]

Then I can only assume that your expectations were real high on SPL from all the buzz and low (or lower compared to SPL) for this film.

Had no real expectations of either. I just went in blind. SPL I didn't like, B13 I did. That's all there is to it.

[Markgway]

The film was advertised as the next French parkour film, after the Yamakasi films that had been made before. I get the feeling the script wasn't finished when they began to shoot, as the first half of the movie seems to be going in a different direction then the 2nd half. Like someone mentioned earlier, the bad guy's gang was built up to eventually have a big fight with the lead characters, but instead they fight a big troll in a fight that dosen't really offer anything except for the repetitive David vs Goliath scenario.

I didn't know anything about the pre-production or advertising. I'm only going by what I saw and it's not a parkour film. But I did enjoy the parkour that was in it as well as the combat action.

[Chinatown Kid]

I really enjoyed the film and hope there's a sequel or similar type movie with the same people made. Alot of the scenes really got my adrenalin going.