DISTRICT 13 (UK)
aka DISTRICT B-13 (USA) aka BANLIEUE 13
Year: 2004
USA: Magnolia Pictures
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Tony D'Amario, Bibi Naceri, Dany Verissimo, MC Jean Gab'1, François Chattot, Nicolas Woirion, Patrick Olivier, Samir Guesmi, JerOme Gadner, Tarik Boucekhine, Gregory Jean, Warren Zavatta, Dominique Dorol, Ludovic Berthillot, Azad, Turan Bagci, Gilles Gambino, Chamsi Charlesia, Nicolas Wan Park, Alain Rimoux, Marc Andreoni, Roberto Gil, Patrick Medioni, Bernard Grenet, Lyes Salem, Christophe Maratier, Philippe Soutan, Michel Estrade, Jean-Marc Bellu, Olivier Lobe, Louis-Philippe Manuel, Jeffrey Zade Rudom, JerOme Paquatte
Director: Pierre Morel
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 85 mins
USA Rated: R for strong violence, some drug content and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, violence and drug use
USA Release Date: 2 June 2006 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 7 July 2006
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Synopsis
Paris, 2010. An isolation wall surrounds the ghetto cities. Without rules or laws, gangs reign here as absolute masters, and he who does not die first wins a reprieve, while awaiting his turn.
Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) is a member of the police elite task force. Special intervention unit officer and expert in martial arts, he is a past master in the field of infiltration, and well versed in successfully completing his operations through rapid, precise and often strong-arm actions.
This time, the government has assigned him the most extreme expedition of his entire career: a weapon of mass destruction has been stolen by the most powerful gang of District B13.
Assigned to infiltrate the sector to defuse the bomb, Damien must join hands with Leïto (David Bello), whose sole goal is to save his sister, who has fallen into the hands of the same gang. He is, moreover, the only one who knows District B13 like the back of his hand.
But the story is not so simple. Who exactly works for whom? Where are those who really pull the strings hiding? And above all, who profits from the use of this bomb?