Walls have been erected throughout the city to quarantine crime ridden areas from the general population and District B13 is the worst of the worst. Helmed by rookie director Pierre Morel, 'District B13' features Parkour's founder (David Belle) as a man named Leito who resides in the near-future dystopia of Paris, circa 2010. While it may sound clumsy, it's actually quite a graceful sight to behold. Rolling, leaping, wall bounding, and scaling are just a sampling of the techniques used to get from one point to another in the most efficient and visceral way possible. Essentially, the art form turns walls, obstructions, and entire cities into gigantic obstacle courses that each runner must traverse in a short amount of time. Fans of ' Casino Royale' will instantly recognize Parkour from the series of fight-or-flight escape tactics that a henchman employs to escape through a construction site early in that film. Though it barely registered as a blip on the cinematic radar outside of France, 'District B13' is an enthralling actioner produced and written by Luc Besson ('The Professional') that showcases a style of pseudo-martial arts called Parkour.
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