Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Gordon-11 This film tells the story of a policeman and a district 13 resident, who investigate the reasons for strange clashes and unreasonable arrests."Banlieue 13: Ultimatum" has a very impressive beginning. I was so imposed by the birds eye view of district 13, panning from the sky the the ground, flowing at different speeds. The camera work and the contents of the scene are all very impressive, taking viewers on a trip inside the lawless ghetto. There's constant action in the film, and the duo manages to show off very cool moves. The characters all have very distinct images and personalities, making them interesting. If this film was a stand alone film, it would have been great. However, as a sequel, it lacks the jaw dropping, awe inspiring parkour action. I still enjoyed it though.

runamokprods A sequel to 2004's "District 13 B". As with the original, this has some amazing, almost balletic stunts clearly done by the actors themselves, who are in this case two of the originators and developers of the sport called parkour, which involves scrambling and leaping around the urban landscape, jumping up and over cars, out of 2nd floor windows, across rooftops. In this age of CGI and wire assisted stunts, it's wonderful to watch real human beings doing amazing, acrobatic things. I also liked that the film had an interesting element of social satire which made it smarter and more political than most of the action blockbusters we get from Hollywood. That said, sadly it did eventually burn out for me, on both the action and the plot front. For the first half I thought this would end up one of my all time favorite action pics. But the story logic gets stretched further and further, and by the end the clever political set up turns a bit silly, while some of the action starts to feel a bit repetitive. Still, I'm glad I saw, and enjoyed it. I just doubt it's a film I'd buy, or return to again.BTW: The blu-ray seems to default to the English dubbed version. Big mistake. Watch this in the original French with subtitles. The performances are much better.

callanvass I enjoyed this sequel a decent amount, I'll get that out of the way, but like the 1st it relies on its crazy action sequences and cool characters to get it over the hill. I enjoy a good action movie, but I feel a story is essential to any type of movie, and the action genre is certainly no exception. These movies rely on crazy stunts and thrilling action sequences, and while they certainly deliver on that part, I really found the story to be superficial and rather mediocre. Cyril Raffaelli|Tomaso| and David Belle|Leito| are charismatic and fantastic as ever together, but they can't make the movie anything more than above average. Raffaelli has one incredible fight scene at the start of the movie, that really blew me away with how crazy it was, and some of his stunts were spectacular. These movies are rather brainless and are great on a popcorn level, but the stories definitely leave a lot to be desired.Bottom line. It's entertaining for the action, I certainly don't regret watching it, but these things need a better story to fully succeed. Still worth a viewing for action junkies.6 1/2 /10

Ali Catterall It mightn't entirely surprise you that David Belle, creator of 'Parkour' and star of District 13 and this follow up, isn't the finest actor in the galaxy. But then we aren't really here to admire his Uncle Vanya. A human tree frog, Belle makes Jason Bourne look arthritic. All that's required of writer-producer Luc Besson is to spin preposterous, half-arsed plots around Belle's 'running, jumping and rarely standing still' shtick to create 90 minutes of stupefying spectacle, a delirious, laugh-out-loud no-brainer.But if the original could have benefited from even less story than it actually had, this one's certainly ironed out the problem. "I don't like it when you think", Leito (Belle) cautions supercop partner Damien (Cyril Raffaelli), and the audience, which is absolutely fine with us. This time they attempt to thwart the French secret service, who are killing cops to inflame an already ravaged District, then waiting for it to blow so they can erect penthouses amid the ashes. "It's like Iraq" sneers a gang leader, making the allegory explicit. Actually, it's like Robocop. But who cares about originality when you've got stunts? Like two halves of some super-evolved organism, if Raffaelli's the upper muscle, Belle's the dancing feet – although it's Damien who disguises himself as a shapely lapdancer to foil the dealers. With so much homoerotic tension here it makes you wonder if all those 'faggot' insults flying around are a smokescreen: at any moment, you can imagine the pair falling to the floor, covering one another with tiny kisses.