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Original title Banlieue 13

Foreign alias District 13 (UK) (USA) (literal English title)

Chinese name Violent neighborhood 13

Production company Califórnia Home Vídeo

Date of production 2004< /p>

Premiere date November 10, 2004 (France)

MPAA rating R (strong violent content, drugs)

IMDB link/title/tt0414852/

IMDB rating 7.0/10 (8,410 votes)

Country France

Category Action/Comedy

Country France

Country France

The film is a comedy about the violence in a neighborhood. CategoryAction/Comedy

Directed by Pierre Morel

Starring Bibi Naceri ..... Taha (as Larbi Naceri)

Lyes Salem ..... Samy

Samir Guesmi ..... Jamel

Arnaud Klein ..... Policier/Policeman (uncredited)

Patrick Médioni ..... Le caissier

Ludovic Berthillot ..... Le gros mercenaire

Marc Andréoni ..... Carlos

Warren Zavatta ..... Para 3

Synopsis

Paris, 2013 A wall separates the backward areas from the rest of the city, where there are no laws, no institutions, and which are dominated by underworld syndicates that have the audacity to do anything. Damier is one of the police department's elite, a senior inspector in the special operations team and an expert in martial arts, very adept at penetrating the enemy. He is known for his swiftness, agility and accuracy in accomplishing tasks. This time, the government has given him one of the toughest assignments in his career, a weapon with the power of mass destruction has been stolen by the fiercest gangsters in the 13th district. Damier's mission is to remove the WMD's explosive system, and to do so he must work with Raieto, who is the only one who knows the inner workings of the gang, and Raieto, who is also trying to rescue his sister, who has fallen into the gang's hands.

Behind the Scenes: This is another French action movie produced by Luc Besson. As a B-movie, "13 Violent Streets" is set in 2010, avoiding the suspicion of insinuating reality and laying out a more stylized backdrop for the film. The movie is tailored to the extreme sports and kung fu competitors that the producers have tapped into, giving the movie plenty of room to showcase its action design. With the use of the camera to create a sense of rhythm between the sequences, the movie is visually very well thought out. Of course, the plot of the movie itself is secondary to the action, so the content of the movie is not questionable. What should be noted is that the martial arts action design, which is one of the most distinctive genres in Chinese cinema, plays a prominent visual role in this movie, and many of the designs can be seen as traces of Hong Kong action movies.

This film marks the directorial debut of Pierre Moret, who previously helmed films such as "Very Human" and "Danny the Wolfhound". One day, Morey came into Luc Besson's office, where Luc handed him a script and asked if he would like to direct. Morey put the script together that night and informed Luc early the next morning that the script excited him, but he was skeptical of his abilities.

In January 2004, Luc and Morel began preparing for the start of shooting, with nothing trickier than the fight and chase scenes, and the search for the two leads was crucial. David Belle, who played Raieto, was a pioneer of street sports and was a good fit for the role. Playing Damien is stunt star Ciri Raffaelli, whose athleticism was seen in "Taxi Catch 2" and "Undercurrent 2: Angel of Doom.

Because the film's French premiere is scheduled for Nov. 10, 2004, everything had to unfold in a countdown. As the filming progressed, the complexity of the stunts increased and the actors began to perform them themselves, without stand-ins, and the film sought to minimize technical involvement and eliminate special effects in order to show the originality of the "handmade" film. In French cinema, after the action craze of Jean-Paul Belmondo, this film is a return to the role of the actor in stunt performance.