District B13
A parkour-driven French action thriller sends a righteous street fighter and an undercover cop racing through a walled Paris ghetto to stop a stolen neutron bomb.
Overview
In a dystopian Paris, a young man must race against time to stop a catastrophic bomb from detonating.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- propulsive
- kinetic
- irreverent
- action movie night
- high energy viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found it a derivative but highly entertaining action ride whose kinetic parkour, stunt work, and brisk choreography compensate for a thin plot.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
David Belle's Leïto performs extended parkour sequences, making athletic movement a central visual and action language.
Paris's worst ghettos are literally sealed off into an isolated district governed by organized crime.
Damien and Leïto have less than twenty-four hours to locate and disable Taha's stolen neutron bomb.
Leïto and undercover police captain Damien must cooperate despite opposing backgrounds and deep mistrust.
Films like District B13, and why
Escape from New York
shares dystopian urban segregation, relentless pacing, and a muscular action-thriller structure
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
shares martial arts spectacle, kinetic stunt choreography, and a propulsive rescue mission
Dredd
shares near-future crime dystopia, institutional corruption, and high-impact genre action
The Transporter
shares French crime-action energy, parkour-inflected movement, and a pressured team-up between opposites
Movie Details
- Director
- Pierre Morel
- Release Date
- 2004-11-09
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (2060)
Cast
- David Belle
- Cyril Raffaelli
- Tony D'Amario
- Dany Verissimo-Petit
- Bibi Naceri
- Nicolas Woirion
- François Chattot
- Patrick Olivier
- Samir Guesmi
- Azad
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is District B13 about?
- A parkour-driven French action thriller sends a righteous street fighter and an undercover cop racing through a walled Paris ghetto to stop a stolen neutron bomb.
- What is District B13 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of District B13 as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is District B13 violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in District B13 as moderate.
- What did critics think of District B13?
- Critics broadly found it a derivative but highly entertaining action ride whose kinetic parkour, stunt work, and brisk choreography compensate for a thin plot.
- Which films are like District B13?
- Films with a similar feel include Escape from New York, Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, Dredd, and The Transporter.
- How long is District B13?
- District B13 runs 84 minutes.
- Where can I watch District B13?
- In United States, District B13 streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
