Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (2009)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Patrick Alessandrin

Writer:

Luc Besson (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 February 2009 (France)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

Plot Keywords:

Digit In Title | Parkour | Second Part | Sequel | Number In Title

Cast

Cyril Raffaelli	...	Capt. Damien Tomaso
David Belle	...	Leïto
Philippe Torreton	...	Le président de la République
Daniel Duval	...	Walter Gassman
Elodie Yung	...	Tao
MC Jean Gab'1	...	Molko
James Deano	...	Karl le skin
Laouni Mouhid	...	Ali-K (as La Fouine)
Fabrice Fletzinger	...	Little Montana (as Fabrice Feltzinger)
Pierre-Marie Mosconi	...	Roland
Johnny Amaro	...	Policier centre de contrôle
Pascal D'Amato	...	Le garde escaller préfecture
Guy Amram	...	Le chef commando GIGN
Pascal Aubert	...	Le Chef De Poste
Jean-Gilles Barbier	...	Le commandant de police

Also Known As:

B13-u (France) (poster title)
Banlieue 13 Ultimatum (France) (working title)
District 13: Ultimatum (Europe: English title) (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and drug material.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | France:U | South Korea:15 | Japan:G | Iceland:14 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #45629)

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company:

Europa Corp.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Leito shows Damien the memory card containing the video of DISS agents killing the two cops, you can see that the card is actually just an empty micro SD to SD card adapter.

Movie Connections:

Follows Banlieue 13 (2004)

Even more insane than the first one

If you like the Parkour scene and/or are a fan of the first District 13 (english title of the movie), than you will like this too. It's obvious that they do have a much bigger budget, the stunts are more thought of and work very good. There are even quite a few fight scenes besides the Parkour stunts that you will see in here as well. Which makes it more balanced then part 1.

What didn't change though, is the paper thin story. If you are looking for a story, well then you shouldn't watch this (or Part 1 for that matter). It's all over the top and of course not based in any reality that we know of. But it's supposed to be like this and you should embrace it rather than hate it. It really does a good job and achieves in what it tries to do (imho)