Thursday, December 11, 2008

District 13 (2004)



This French action movie, originally entitled Banlieue 13 (and also released as District B13), combined martial arts and free running/parkour, and stars parkour founder David Belle.

This clip features Belle's co-star, Cyril Raffaelli, who was also the movie's fight choreographer, in an extended rough cut of the casino fight scene. The action features Jackie Chan-style acrobatics but, unfortunately, lacks his sense of humor. Still, you can't help but admire the athleticism of Raffaelli and his stunt men - some of those falls look really painful!