"Strike!"
Not only is District 13 Ultimatum written by Luc Besson, it looks like one of his films too. The scale of the film's narrative is considerably larger than that of the enjoyable first film, but the sequel plays in a very similar comic-book fashion. Rather like Twister, it is easy to overlook the 'plot' sections whilst waiting for the next terrific action set-piece, and the storyline is very silly indeed, but at its core District 13 Ultimatum in a buddy movie for the late Noughties, and David Belle and Cyril Rafaelli do sterling and engaging work both as the film's nominal heroes and in the excellent action and parkour sequences. The film plays like the Crank series in tone, but in a less demented and equally entertaining way. A reasonable selection of DVD extras include more fight/action sequences trimmed from the finished film.
Not only is District 13 Ultimatum written by Luc Besson, it looks like one of his films too. The scale of the film's narrative is considerably larger than that of the enjoyable first film, but the sequel plays in a very similar comic-book fashion. Rather like Twister, it is easy to overlook the 'plot' sections whilst waiting for the next terrific action set-piece, and the storyline is very silly indeed, but at its core District 13 Ultimatum in a buddy movie for the late Noughties, and David Belle and Cyril Rafaelli do sterling and engaging work both as the film's nominal heroes and in the excellent action and parkour sequences. The film plays like the Crank series in tone, but in a less demented and equally entertaining way. A reasonable selection of DVD extras include more fight/action sequences trimmed from the finished film.
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