A message-based actioner that's fast, dumb fun.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2007

I was delighted by the balletic and acrobatic stunts, some of which evoke Tarzan.

| Jun 6, 2007

A 90-minute feature simply showing [David] Belle's stunts with no frills would be great; unfortunately, they only account for about 10 minutes - the rest of the time, Belle is called upon to act.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2006

The cast hurls itself into the comic-book violence, while the stunt choreography and razor-sharp editing are exhilarating.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2006

As 85-minute testosterone binges go, you could do a whole lot worse.

| Jul 6, 2006

Instantly forgettable, but hugely entertaining for 85 minutes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2006

The typically moronic plot simply gets in the way of what might have been a super-ambitious sneaker commercial.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 24, 2006

What District B13 lacks in story development it compensates for with stunningly realistic action.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 24, 2006

District B13 doesn't waste time with fake personality clashes. Both lead actors are amazingly fluid athletes, and during the many getaway and shoot-'em-up sequences, there is a minimum of special effects or wire choreography.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 24, 2006

The purest adrenaline rush of the summer.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 23, 2006

Real-life events have overtaken District B13, and they give this feverish, yet oddly flat French action adventure a whiff of substance to go along with its spectacular stunts.

| Jun 22, 2006

District B-13 is bad sci-fi, but it succeeds as mindless action.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 2, 2006

The creator of films such as The Transporter, The Fifth Element and La Femme Nikita can be counted on for movies that are big, stupid and often just skillfully demented enough to be fun. District B13 obliges on all accounts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 2, 2006

Who hasn't wanted to leap down a stairwell, bounce from rooftop to rooftop, do a backflip over a bad guy, give him a few chop socky blows and then take away his gun?

| Original Score: B | Jun 2, 2006

When a film is this entertaining, it doesn't have to be all that original.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2006

Terse, taut and willing to pack on some philosophical weight, District B13 wastes no time in shouting 'Action!'

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 2, 2006

Like its stunt work, the movie is both ridiculously hyperactive and a muscular feat of absolute confidence. I don't expect to have a more adrenalizing time at the movies this summer.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 2, 2006

District B13 is as slickly edited, filmed and choreographed as it is empty of compelling characters or the meaningful ideas (institutional racism, the bleak future) it professes to be about. Ultimately, it walls itself in.

| Jun 2, 2006

The French-made, futuristic adrenaline-pumper District 13 doesn't really grab you by the short hairs until it shows you why David Belle is the movie's star.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 2, 2006

Note to moviegoers: If you can still be entertained by a thriller that unabashedly borrows from others of its ilk and don't mind reading subtitles, you could do worse than District B13.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 2, 2006