Which one do you guys prefer? The French original starring David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli or the American remake with David Belle and Paul Walker?
shareThe French movie was VERY well done, and definitely a winner.
This Canadian/American film was essentially crap. Good to see David and Paul do their stuff, though.
I think the original is better because Damien and Leito were best friends unlike the remake, it seems that Damien and Lino seems to bicker all the time lol
shareThe original of course. Would have been nice if they created a proper and dignified remake rather than just making a note for note copy of District 13.
shareBrick Mansions was an utter disaster.
I didn't mind the fact it was copied scene by scene, however, what I thought was very cringe-worthy was the god awful antagonist RZA portrayed, the horrible script, and the super cheesy action scenes that were super fake. Banlieue 13 is a gold standard of what an action movie needs to be great. Brick Mansions had none of this.
^ What he said...
sharedon't forget about Paul "I'm not flexible at all and I can't fight" Walker, he was just awful. Nowhere comparable to Cyril.
shareI knew from the beginning his sceneswere going to be dumbed down, overly cut, and poorly choreographed. It was some of the worst fighting I've ever seen in a movie.
*bad guy runs up to Paul
*stands there and awaits further orders
*Paul initiates his badassness and incapacitates the bad guy with one punch
*rinse and repeat
It was like watching No Holds Barred, only this was big budget.
As soon as Paul's first action scene came.. I knew there was going to be NO CASINO SCENE. And I'm waiting for my shot at Hollywood. Please take 5 mins to check out Micro SD
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RZA should bless his stars that he was DECENT in American gangster. Since then, he's been a complete disaster
shareI couldn't agree more. After no more than 5 minutes of RZA, I quit watching Brick Mansions and got a copy of the original District 13. Brick Mansions was just way too painful to watch.
sharelol agreeeeeed. And RZA desperately needs to stop acting, btw. *beep* painful
shareThe French one, easily. Gave that one a 7, this remake a 4.
If you've heard of it, it's already too mainstream for me.
District 13 (2004) was great. This remake; "Brick Mansions" was a disaster. Typical 'Hollywooding' of a film that did not need to be remade.
shareThe French original.
This remake is not a patch on the original.
Its not even good on its own standing I feel - but each to their own - so others will disagree and that's their right.