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District 13: Ultimatum (2009)

District 13: Ultimatum poster
Original title
Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum
Directed by
Patrick Alessandrin
Genre
action film, science fiction film, martial arts film, crime film, thriller film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 1,287 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Damien and Leito try to stop corrupt police from starting a war between rival gangs in a walled-off suburb of Paris. They use parkour to move through the dangerous district and expose a conspiracy.

fast-pacedaggressivestylizedtenseadrenaline-fueledgrittyvisceralsuspenseful

What happens

District 13: Ultimatum, also known as D13-U (French: Banlieue 13 – Ultimatum or B13-U), is a 2009 French action thriller film and a sequel to the 2004 film District 13. Directed by Patrick Alessandrin and written and produced by Luc Besson (who also wrote and produced the first film), the film sees parkour artists Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle reprising their original roles of Damien and Leïto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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