Theatrical Release Date:February 5, 2010 Release Date:April 27, 2010 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Synopsis:
Watch Now Before It's In Theaters. An elite cop & reformed vigilante reunite to infiltrate a lawless sector of Paris overrun by crime. Featuring mind-blowing stunts and insane fights derived from the gravity defying martial art Parkour. 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.After a successful mission against drug lords, the efficient Captain Damien Tomaso is framed at home with three kilograms of heroine planted by the police in his kitchen and he is arrested. Meanwhile a group of teenagers film the action of dirty agents leaded by Roland from the security agency executing policemen in their car and then leaving the car with the corpses in the 13th District to blame the gangs and begin a civil war. Behind these events, the corrupt chief of the security agency Walter Gassman had received a huge amount as kickback from the constructor Harriburton that has interest to construct buildings in the poor area and uses the situation to force the President of France to authorize to nuke five towers in the district. The teenager with the film is hunted by the police but he delivers the memory card to Leito meanwhile Damien calls him from the precinct asking for help. The friends team-up with five dangerous bosses to gather evidences to prove to the president that Gassman has provoked the conflict in their district.
Just more awesomnessMay 2, 2010 Lawrence of Arabia(Stamford, CT) View this movie more like a continuation of the first and you love it. View it separately and you will find it average and give it 3 stars. Stunts are awesome and it is even funny in parts. I think they could have done better with the plot, but eh. I gave it five stars because someone else seriously gave it one. I think he is way off.
Not a Great SequelMay 12, 2010 Cooper Jones(Athens, GA, US) The first movie, "District B-13," was terrific. I wasn't familiar with the art of Parkour before it. Jackie Chan does it in combination with other martial arts, but Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle are masters of the art. This sequel was good, but didn't live up to the original. If you love martial arts, rent it. There's still plenty of action to make it worth your while.
It's entertainmentAugust 18, 2010 Trinity(CO USA) We enjoyed the first one more, which is funny since we noticed and bought the 1st movie based on our purchase of this one.
The problem is they did such a great job with the first one that they needed to reach a bit higher with the second one and didn't achieve this, imo.
What I would recommend is owning both & watching them one after the other since Ultimatum immediately takes off from the first one and resumes the story line.
As a set, I'm glad I have both as it makes for a complete evening's entertainment.
You certainly can't complain about the stunts, they're terrific.
settles for mediocrityMay 30, 2010 Josh English(Coeur D'Alene, ID) Couldnt agree more with other reviewers - This one is trash compared to the first. I would rather sit and watch David Belle on youtube than watch this in HD. Why get David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli if you arent gonna use em to the fullest? Could have hired no names to piece together action sequences......
Parkour MIAJanuary 6, 2010 J. D.(Central Texas) 2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's an okay movie, mostly a rehash of District B13 with a bigger budget but somehow a smaller vision. The storyline is weak, but with a movie like this, it's really nothing more than scaffolding on which to hang the cool stunts. But that's the strange thing about this movie. Cyril is obviously a fantastic gymnast, martial arts expert, and stunt choreographer, but the simple yet powerful artistry of David Belle's parkour is almost missing entirely. The cinematographer and editor could have taken a few simple cues from the myriad of parkour videos posted on YouTube--you don't cut on the action, you shoot an entire sequence of moves. Belle can jump off a building doing a reverse gainer (even though it's not very efficient), roll out into a dead run, leap over a fence with the ease of an alley cat, and disappear through a window 8 feet off the ground all in one captivating take. He doesn't need "movie magic." All he needs are a decent pair of sneakers and a few minutes to think about it. Unfortunately for this movie, some highly difficult maneuvers are cut mid-stream, making it look fake (and some of them clearly are fake). If I want the fake look, I'll rent a Bruce Willis movie. Could someone please capture David Belle on 35mm film without letting their "artistry" get in his way?
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