Thriller movie (District B13)

I chose District B13 (Banlieue 13) because it is a Action Thriller directed by Pierre Morel. The consists of a lot of stunts and 'free running' perform by the characters themselves.  The films shows social problems such as Drugs, Violence and organised crime within the streets of Paris.
Analysis
This film is a great action packed thriller for many different reasons. A great reasons why this film is a great thriller are:
Stunt
David Belle, who plays Leito, performed most of the stunts himself, including the amazing leap from one building to another, which you see in the image on the left. The camera faced an certain angle so that the audience was able to see that this 'life-or-death' stunt was perform by the character (Belle) and not a stunt double.
Cyril Raffaelli, who plays Capt. Damien Tomaso, also perform most stunts by himself, due to Raffaelli being a Parkour which is an holistic training discipline where participants do movements through military like obstacles, so basically 'free running'. And coincidentally Parkour was created by David Belle, Raymond Belle (David's father) and Sebastien Foucan.



Opening Scene 
In 2010, violence, drugs and organized crime have overrun the poorer suburbs of Paris, especially a district known as District Banlieue 12 (B13). the scene cuts to three years later where an federal system has developed among the street gangs of B13. the area is flooded by gangs selling heavy drugs such as heroin. One high rise apartment block is looked after by an athletic and street wise man known as Leito. leito hates drugs and injustice and wages a one-man war against a neighboring gang lord name Taha Bemamud to keep his own building and the people safe and free of drugs. Leito captures 20 kg of cocaine from Taha,, worth over a one million Euros, which causes Taha to send his thugs to recover the merchandise and do whatever is recurred to retrieve it. the gang of thugs is led by Taha second man in command, K2. before K2 can get to Leito, Leito destroys the cocaine using bleach and uses his parkour ability to escape Taha's thugs through the building.... and rooftops.

Mise En Scene
The mise en scene gives the audience a sense of poverty and danger. You see the traditional estate/project housings, making the audience think of drugs, crime and other law breaking activities. These thoughts are brought to life as you see the drugs boss taking cocaine, criminal activities that are committed and all the guns and weapons in which the criminals are carrying.
The props also added effect to the film. The way that Leito looked, made you know that he wasn't a millionaire or was involved in a well paid job, it showed that he was more of a 'street' looking character.

Camera Angles
The film directors perform extreme stunts and they use the camera angling to add more suspension to the film. When Leito leaps from building to building, they use a side shot to show that the actor David Belle actually performing the stunts. This was used to show the audience that the stunts are actually perform and computer effects wasn't needed. There was also Birds Eye View shots which showed the area/setting in which the film was being set in. This made the audience think of poverty and due to the smoke, made you think of a town in havoc and most likely not safe to live in.

Production/Distribution
The film was distributed by Momentum, which is an UK independent distributing company.


Another distributor is Magnet Releasing (Magnolia Pictures), which is an US distributing company. Magnet releasing is the Genre film distribution for Magnolia Pictures.

And lastly, EuropaCorp is the last producer for this film, which is an french producing company, but also covers Europe.