District B-13 (2004) 3/10

I had heard that District B-13 was a spectacular action fest with tons of great stunts and those crazy "free style walking" guys. Man was I disappointed.

District B-13 is french film and was co-written by Luc Besson (The Professional, La Femme Nikita). Its set in the near future in France where gangs have taken over "districts" of the country. Police don't set foot and crime abounds. Until now. Enter an undercover cop and a local fighting to save the day and take out the bad guy. Same old story. Nothing new.

Personally it's hard to take french guys dressed as American gang members, and not your typical blood/crypt gang members. More like brightly clothed douche bags that hang out at the mall and drive shitty rice burners. Not exactly intimidating. The action, pretty good but the idiocy of the acting, characters, storyline, wardrobe, pretty much everything else in the film makes this little crap fest unbearable to watch. I felt insulted and I walked in expecting little. Back off France, we're still the action kings. Just keep pumping out great horror flicks and we'll all be much happier.

Overall - 3/10