Banlieue 13 [District B13]

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(c) A.J. Malouin 2009

(Ratings: 7 by Al and 10 by Caryl.) (2004—Pierre Morel—France) (1 hr 25 in France. Rated R for strong violence, some drug content and language. Dialogue in French, with English subtitles.)

It’s Paris in the year 2010. One of the Parisian ghettos has become sooooooo grotesque that the Government has walled it off. All schools, all police stations and all hospitals in the area have been abandoned. The two million residents behind the huge cement walls surrounding District B13 have been left to fend and scrap for themselves. That’s not enough, however. The Government is planning Even More Drastic Measures to deal with the situation. Behind the wall, our hero Leito has lived in District B13 all his life. He’s attempting a one-person war against the Master Criminals, Drug Lords, and Litterers who inhabit his neighborhood. Leito does his own stunts, and his work is breath-taking. Much as one hates to mention Other Movies in reviewing a movie, watching Leito work through the action sequences in “District B13” is akin to watching Douglas Fairbanks handling his own stunts in “The Black Pirate.” Athletic, fluid, balletic and mesmerizing, Leito’s stunts in running from the bad guys will leave your mouth open. The camera work in this film borders on astounding. Whether it’s covering the action sequences or creating tension in two-person conversations, the camera is right in the face of the action and tension. The reluctant teaming of Cyril Raffaelli, as the Good Policeman Damin, and David Belle, as the life-long resident dedicated to cleaning up District B13, gives us two ready and no-nonsense heroes that no person in their right mind would bet against. The head man of the District B13 drug mob is totally and sinisterly yummy. Tony D’Amario plays “K-2,” his under-handed right-hand man who in the final scenes proves he has a heart of gold plate. The sound track is beautifully appropriate to the grit, action and tension, and it’s worth owning if you are driving Anywhere late at night.

When Al first saw this film — back in early June, 2006 — on the large screen, in a theatre, he wrote, “Whatever you do, doughnut wait to rent this film. See it now in a commercial movie theatre. ‘District B13’ has many many visual rewards and, at matinee prices, it is permaybe even worth seeing more than once.”

That ship has now sailed. You cannot see “Banlieue 13” on a matinee’s large screen, but it is worth investing in a Home Theatre, just so you can see it on a large screen from your couch.