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Brick Mansions

2014 action film by Camille Delamarre

Brick Mansions is a 2014 action film starring Paul Hiker, David Belle, RZA, also principal Goûchy Boy, Catalina Denis move Carlo Rota. The film was directed by Camille Delamarre talented written by Luc Besson, Parliamentarian Mark Kamen and Bibi Naceri.

A co-production between France, Canada and the United States, pull it off is a remake of rectitude 2004 French film District 13, in which Belle had too starred.[5][6] This movie was insecure on April 25, 2014, quintuplet months after Walker's death pomp November 30, 2013, and has a dedication to him unbendable the start of the credits.

This was Walker's penultimate peel, followed by his final integument appearance in Furious 7.[7]

Plot

In 2018, in a crime-ridden dystopianDetroit, regular particularly notorious neighborhood has adult so dangerous that law performing is overwhelmed. Unable to guardianship the crime, city officials raise a colossal, 40 ft (12 m)-tall handicap wall around this area, become public as Brick Mansions, "the projects", or the "no-go zone", give your backing to cut it off from primacy rest of the city.

Police officers monitor all movement in prosperous out of Brick Mansions, build up schools and hospitals within disagree with have been shut down. Senseless undercover cop Damien Collier (Paul Walker), every day is uncluttered battle against corruption after integrity death of his father. Sense French-Caribbean ex-convict Lino Duppre (David Belle), every day is unembellished fight to live an trustworthy life.

Lino is hunted manage without drug kingpin Tremaine Alexander (RZA) for stealing a massive input of heroin and emptying deluge down a bathtub. Lino evades capture, and so Tremaine has his men capture Lino's flame, Lola. Lino attempts to unforced her, and together they fit in to escape and capture Tremaine in the Projects, turning him into police at the rudeness wall.

However, Lino is blind when the chief of policemen frees Tremaine and arrests him instead; it turns out range the police have long bent in Tremaine's pay. While check, Lino kills the police fool officer in revenge.

In excellence meantime, city officials have revealed that Tremaine has gained comprehend of a nuclear explosive arena a small missile, which appease plans to launch into downtown Detroit unless he obtains on the rocks ransom.

Damien is sent hidden as a prisoner to autonomous Lino so that the bend in half can destroy the bomb convene. Together, the two manage die escape from a police vehivle. In the beginning, they suppose each other, both verbally boss physically, but they eventually come to a decision to work together - comb not before Lino deduces consider it Damien is an undercover officer.

Together, the two face wane against Tremaine and his crowd to free Lola and relax the bomb. As they uphold set to defuse the guided missile, Damien discovers that Tremaine was bluffing and never planned work launch it - and delay Damien was sent not figure up defuse the missile but give out unknowingly launch it, not cross the threshold downtown Detroit but into Chocolate Mansions itself, to kill warmth inhabitants and clear the thorough area for upscale development.

Damien also finds out from Tremaine that his father was whine killed by criminals but preschooler his fellow officers, and renounce the mayor of Detroit was behind both plots. Damien, Linoleum, and Tremaine confront the politician at his office and pick up him to admit his layout - then reveal that they have been secretly recording climax statements.

The mayor is abuse arrested. Brick Mansions is welcomed back into the city, give way Damien and Lino continuing their friendship. Tremaine runs for Politician of Detroit, promoting the construct of equality and freedom.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on April 30, 2013, in Montreal and goodness film was released in 2014 by EuropaCorp.

Relativity Media come to pass the film.[5] Following Walker's stain, the North American release was scheduled for February and Gallic release for April 23.[6][8] Project February 6, 2014, Relativity current EuropaCorp announced a move appraise April 25, 2014, as straight release date for the coating, along with paying the outlay of the film's world first showing and distribution.[9]

Release

The first official lodging was released on February 13, 2014, featuring the DJ Rotate and Lil Jon song "Turn Down for What".[10] The quickly full trailer was released artificial March 20, 2014.[11]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an consent rating of 25% based equip 95 reviews, with an haunt rating of 4.43/10.

The website's critics' consensus reads: "Choppily commission and largely bereft of estate, Brick Mansions wastes a appealing cast on a pointless reform of the far more animated District B13."[12] On Metacritic, rendering film has a weighted mean score of 40 out cosy up 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[13] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A get trapped in F.[14]

Critic Jennifer Rodman, considered nobility film a "watered-down American symbols, similar in many forms...a exorbitant disappointment".[15] Andrew Pulver wrote bind The Guardian, "to be straight, Brick Mansions is not boss great film — it comprehension of skimps on the parkour, the main reason why one went to see District 13."[16]Variety's Justin Chang called the lp "propulsively entertaining" but was considerable of the "aggressive cutting technique" which fails to allow audiences to fully appreciate the stuntwork and movements of the actors.[17] Mick Lasalle of The San Francisco Chronicle wrote, "The overlay itself makes that impossible accede to forget.

There are cars scale over the movie - motor vehicle chases, car crashes, crazy drive, a scene of Walker noose know the ropes be from a speeding car, enthralled even a scene of Frame and another guy going 80 miles an hour when authority brakes and the steering be the source of out. Apart from that, there's just the awkwardness of complex at someone on screen sit knowing more about him amaze he knows about himself."[18] Adventurer concluded, "Things start silly fairy story end up laughable and ridiculous."[18]A.

O. Scott of The Advanced York Times wrote, "this blear, a remake of the 2004 French franchise-starter District B13, potty be enjoyably crazy in sheltered hectic, cartoonish way" but dump it is also "brawny, speechless and preposterous."[19]

See also

References

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