Brick Mansions

Last night was movie night for my family and me.  So this week the film was "Brick mansions", an action movie. The plot: unable to control the crime, a colossal wall around this part of the city was built by the police. So now the district is under the control of Tremaine (the big boss, with obviously a lot of weapons and drugs). For the main character an undercover cop who wants to take down this crime lord and his plan to devastate the entire city. So to this point a real "cliché" of a bad American movie. 

But even, if the plot is clearly disappointing, everyone will find something interesting: stylized action thrilling parkour stunts (with the co-founder of this physical training discipline, David Belle). And for the ladies, the presence of Paul Walker (sadly his last entirely finished movie).

The movie reminded me about something, but I didn’t know what… Another movie of course! “Banlieue 13”, the French version released in 2006 so eight years before the American one. The main character played by Paul Walker was Cyril Raffaelli in the French version. “Banlieue 13” is for me, I wouldn’t say excellent but a really good movie, unlike “Brick mansions”.

But how is it possible with the same writer Luc Besson, even some of the same actor David Belle and Paul Walker (I know, I repeat myself) to make a movie as disappointing as this one… I don’t know. So we have: first a movie with a real villain and a really naïve but handsome hero, help by an ex-criminal whose girlfriend (Do I really have to add that she is also beautiful?) has been kidnapped and a happy end. And in the second film, different gangs and for each one a boss, who are trying to survive in their district. The cop is here less naïve and the silly kidnapped girlfriend is in this one an intelligent sister and the end not so happy anymore. I'll let you guess which movie corresponds to each explanation.

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And remember this is just my point of view.