District B-13

[jethro]

when the hell is this coming out? I have seen clips of it on shaolinchamber under the Bannuille 13 name. It is like scarface meets martial arts. A lot of sweet stunts. Guy with blond hair(I think a twin from Kiss of the Dragon) is awesome in it. I saw a fight where he was fighting a HUGE fat guy and that was the worst clip and I thought it was kind of cool. I have forced myself not to watch all that shaolinchamber has to offer cause that movie looks so freaking awesome.

gene-sorry if I was repeating a lot of what you said, casue all I saw was banuille and I was like:eek: Will read the whole thing and links on it when I have a chance:D :D :D

OHHH

So you people do know about this, it wasn't possible for this to go undiscovered for like 2 years time. There is a nice thread about that is at the bottom at the article gene has up there for it, proabably better just to bring that back.

https://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39551

[GeneChing]

Here's our e-zine article on it SPIDERMAN is to Peter Parker as DISTRICT B13 is to "PARKOUR" (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=666) by our resident expert Dr. Craig Reid. I'm nost sure how widely it will be released yet. I'll know next week, after the fact.

[jethro]

any info would be great. Very doubtful it would make it to the middle of this country where I am, but to be honest, I am more stoked to see this than fearless.

[@PLUGO]

It's listed as opening (in some theaters) June 2, 2006.

according to coming soon dot net (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13370)

[jethro]

It's listed as opening (in some theaters) June 2, 2006.

according to coming soon dot net (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=13370)


THIS IS BULL FHUKKING SH IT. IF FEARLESS DOESN'T COME HERE, I AM MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PangQuan]

fearless was previewed at the showing of Divinci Code.

its going to be so awsome on the silver screen. im purposfully not watching it again until i see it in the theater.

dont worry dude, its big. im pretty sure with the amount of money it will make, that its going to hit all the big theaters

[GeneChing]

Compare that to The Promise (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=659) at 213 theaters, House of Flying Daggers (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=570) at 1,189 theaters, Unleashed (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/ezine/article.php?article=594)at 1,962 theaters and Da Vince Code at 3,757 theaters. This is according to boxofficemojo.com (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/).

[jethro]

daggers came here and I saw it 8 times. So if fearless is bigger it should come. I am already starting to breath easier.

Design Sifu, if you get a chance while you are not busy merging women threads, can you give me a confirmation that I will see it(fearless). Cause I can move today, it would be the final straw in moving away from this s-hole of a city.

[Shaolinlueb]

all i can say its all hype.

nothing special about it. jsut your average action movie. i was kinda dissapointed.

sorry jethro, nothing special about it. then again i dont see anything special about la parkour either. if you like la parkour then you will eat this movie up.

some good stunts in it, but they are all in the shadow of tony-ja pretty much now. and i dont even enjoy tony-ja movies that much either but that sucker is crazy!

[jethro]

I:mad: :mad:

[Shaolinlueb]

i figure you would be. but still see it man. but jsut dont believe all the hype.

there is a good message in the movie. kinda reminded me of wanting to be snatch or something.

[jethro]

is it on dvd yet?

[Shaolinlueb]

in europe it is :X

[jethro]

yeah, in FREAKING 2004, gene, d sifu, ya know when I will actaully be able to watch this?

[Shaolinlueb]

from what my friend told me, who gave it to me. something about a program called bit comet

[jethro]

cause you will lose me REAL quick. Is teh picture quality good, hwo much do you want for it?

[Shaolinlueb]

check your pm jethro

[jethro]

Thanx, Pm Ya When I Get To A Computer.

[Li Kao]

Just a reminder to the U.S. folks that Magnolia Home Entertainment released District B13 today -- so if you've been waiting for a legitimate region 1 copy, run off to Blockbuster or Best Buy or wherever you get your movies and check it out!

[jethro]

Rented it, Shaolinlueb was right, it was so so. Nice kick ass stunts going on but nothing that will really stick with me.

[GeneChing]

This film is landmark in the martial genre, right up there with Tony Jaa's last two, the next gen if you will - the parkour players with hip hop sensibilities. It'll stand as one of the more interesting martial arts flicks of the mid '10's....errrr, as in 2010's....hmm, that doesn't sound right at all...

The action is solidly-paced. Nice stunts. Nice fights. Balletic gun play. Very nice stunts actually, although I felt the could have been filmed less ballistically, less like some hip hop video; often its hard to see the action clearly. The parkour in Casino Royale was actually showcased much better - or at least to better dramatic heights. Besson tends to shoot tight and claustrophobic - Bond tend to be more panoramic - parkour needs to be shot on a panoramic level to show how far these guys are jumping in their stunts. Even Jackie knew that back in the day (but seems to have lost it in some more recent efforts). Still, where Bond is a sharpshooter, B13 is a shotgun blast. B13 literally jumps into high gear with the opening sequence, then spends the rest of the movie trying to sustain that energy. Arguably, it succeeds. The plot is simple and unobtrusive. The plot is Escape from NY, only it's a clean bomb instead of Donald Pleasance. And it's in French. Nothing like that gritty French street talk. Some cool cars, very Euro, but the car chases are kept to a minimum. The chase focus is on foot. The leads play their roles well. Some good villains. All in all, a very satisfactory flick. I recommends it, especially because you can sound very authoritative when people discuss the action in Casino Royale - bringing up a French martial arts film is an impressive film chat move - you can even link it to Youtube and sound very hip. I'm looking forward to the next parkour film with the same anticipation as the next Jaa film.

[lunghushan]

Yeah, it was a cool flick. Much better action and fighting than Casino Royale, IMHO.

It seems like the way they cut the budget in Casino Royale was spending more time in the casino and less time in action sequences. (Or maybe they spent it all blowing up cars and sinking buildings).

[Shaolinlueb]

i dont think this movie held a candle to casino royale. i like the blond guy in b13, but i was disapointed with it all. it was eh. i still think the movie sucked. casino royale was more raw if i remember corectly.

[GeneChing]

The scale of the Bond franchise is phenomenal. It's one of the most successful film franchises ever. I can't even think of another that's on the same level - that's lasted so long. So I don't think a comparison of DB13 and Casino Royale (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44016) is fair. It's like apples and oranges. However, I do think it was very interesting to see parkour in both films. DB13 was landmark because it was the first parkour film. Sure, it's got it's gaping plot holes, like so many martial arts films, but I still found it entertaining. With a few exceptions, most MA flicks are still B grade film, and I'm ok with that.

Are there any other parkour films out there? Does Belle do any stunts in Femme Fatale (http://femmefatalemovie.warnerbros.com)?

[lunghushan]

The scale of the Bond franchise is phenomenal. It's one of the most successful film franchises ever. I can't even think of another that's on the same level - that's lasted so long. So I don't think a comparison of DB13 and Casino Royale (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44016) is fair. It's like apples and oranges. However, I do think it was very interesting to see parkour in both films. DB13 was landmark because it was the first parkour film. Sure, it's got it's gaping plot holes, like so many martial arts films, but I still found it entertaining. With a few exceptions, most MA flicks are still B grade film, and I'm ok with that.

Are there any other parkour films out there? Does Belle do any stunts in Femme Fatale (http://femmefatalemovie.warnerbros.com)?

There were a couple of other parkour films out, but I can't remember their names. One is about some guys that go to Thailand or someplace to try to start a Parkour gym. That one has some good action as well.

Of course something like B13 doesn't have the budget of a Bond film, so it's not going to have the cinematography or actors or special effects -- but for action and given the budget, B13 is way better, IMHO.

[Shaolinlueb]

Gene the only movie series that has been around longer is godzilla. they have 26 or them total i believe. i would be able to name them all of but i cant anymore.

[GeneChing]

Godzilla. Of course. Have they made a new one lately? I've lost track.

There are several figures that have been in a lot of movie series - Zorro, Dracula, Wong Fei Hung, even but Godzilla and Bond have been the same franchise almost all the way through. That's notable, for sure.

lhs - I'd love to find out those titles, if you got 'em.

[lunghushan]

Godzilla. Of course. Have they made a new one lately? I've lost track.

There are several figures that have been in a lot of movie series - Zorro, Dracula, Wong Fei Hung, even but Godzilla and Bond have been the same franchise almost all the way through. That's notable, for sure.

lhs - I'd love to find out those titles, if you got 'em.

Frankenstein and Werewolves ... those are old ones. And the Mummy ... those have been around longer than Godzilla right?

[Shaolinlueb]

parkour is gay

come on how many times can you see a guy jump before it gets stupid? they will have no knee's in a couple years.

last godzilla movie was the 3rd generation was godzilla final wars, they are leaving it go for 10 years or so to build it back up.

[GeneChing]

...it's French. I know, SLL, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. viva la difference (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=64526262)!

[Li Kao]

She was great in B13 -- very cute and so, oh I don't know .... SASSY! (case in point: when she gave the taunting thug a "mouthful" ;)

Now you've got me thinking of other French beauties -- like Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Women, Emmanuelle Beart, Sophie Marceau, etc ... sorry if I'm derailing a bit here ...