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District 13: Ultimatum

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District 13: Ultimatum reviews
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6.3 User Score:

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Based on 19 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Action  |  Sci-fi

Written by: Luc Besson

Directed by: Patrick Alessandrin

Release Date:
Theatrical: February 5, 2010

Running Time: 101 minutes, Color

Origin: France

Language(s): French

Summary

RATING: R for some violence, language and drug material

Starring David Belle, and Cyril Raffaelli

Two years have passed since elite police officer Damien Tomasso teamed up with reformed vigilante Leito to save the notorious District 13, a racially charged ghetto populated by violent drug dealing gangs and vicious killers. Despite government promises to maintain order, the state of the district has deteriorated, and a group of corrupt cops and elected officials are conspiring to cause civil unrest in D13, looking for an excuse to raze the area and cash in on its redevelopment. Now Damian and Leito must join forces again, and use their mastery of martial arts and their unique physical skills to bring peace to the neighborhood by any means necessary… before a proposed nuclear air-strike wipes it off the map. With bone crunching fights and death defying leaps, this adrenaline charged sequel takes the groundbreaking parkour action from District B13 to thrilling new heights. (Magnolia Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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80

The Hollywood Reporter Daniel Eagan

Pitched cannily at World Beat fans as well as martial-arts zealots, this Luc Besson production aims to please and nails its targets with more speed and style than most of its higher-priced competition.

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75

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

With a thumping score and whirling cinematography, District 13: Ultimatum delivers two or three awesomely choreographed chase-and-fight-and-chase-and-fight-again sequences. The dialogue (in French, with subtitles) is not this movie's strength, nor should it be.

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75

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

It’s easy to call this film a video action game starring real people, but that “real” part means a lot.

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75

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

There’s no reason a conspiracy this outlandish should work twice. But it’s so hilariously within the realm of plausibility that it does.

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75

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

This is a hot modern martial art. Not only do the shots look convincing, not only are they held long enough to allow us to see an entire action, but Belle in real life does a version of this stuff.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli

Awesome, awesome action. Skimpy, skimpy plot.

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70

The New York Times Manohla Dargis

It’s pleasurable nonsense and another reminder that one of the great pulls of cinema is the spectacle of other bodies in blissful motion.

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70

Variety Jordan Mintzer

The fight sequences (choreographed by Raffaelli) are especially creative, with the combatants using any available object, including a priceless Van Gogh painting, to get the job done.

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70

Chicago Reader Cliff Doerksen

This sequel to the French actioner "District B13" (2004) offers more of what made the original such a sublimely stupid pleasure.

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70

Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

This time, with Besson scripting / producing and Patrick Alessandrin directing, it amounts to a raucous and colorfully junky helping of seconds.

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67

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Due in large part to its cultural relevance, this is also one of the few sequels that nearly succeeds in topping the original.

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63

New York Post Kyle Smith

The best Parisian action movie of the week is District 13: Ultimatum, a serviceable thriller with a lefty message.

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60

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

There's little difference between the first and second movies -- both written by Besson -- so the perfunctory story line will feel familiar to fans. But the action, and the head-spinning stunts of those agile lead actors, will never get old.

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60

New York Magazine David Edelstein

It’s campier than its predecessor, but its gung ho union of black, white, and Asian gangs against reactionaries who’d destroy them is a virtuosic assertion of punky Parisian multiculturalism.

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60

Empire Phil Wilding

The dialogue and storyline are both a little on the clunky side, but the action excels.

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60

Time Out New York Keith Uhlich

Somewhat underwhelming sequel.

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58

The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias

More of the same, only more. Yet here, “more” means a more needlessly convoluted plot, a more cartoonish parade of ethnic stereotypes, and more leaden political metaphor than viewers can digest.

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50

Boxoffice Magazine Wade Major

Though it fails to live up to its dynamic predecessor in almost every way, District B13: Ultimatum should still be enough to satisfy the earlier film’s small but faithful core of American fans.

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50

Village Voice Brian Miller

Works only when at full sprint.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.3 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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