Brick Mansions [Blu-ray]

I like leaping and feats of incredible athletic prowess, and there was plenty there. Early in the movie is a great parkour chase with David Belle. Later in the movie another fabulous parkour scene. My favorite type of action.There were also car chases and fist fights that guys will enjoy.Lots of strong, beautiful young men.- Paul Walker, gorgeous. Surprised he was so athletic and could do flips. So sad we lost him.- David Belle. Although French, I could detect no French accent although it would only have added to the movie if he had had one. What an incredible athlete!!! His leaping moves and upper body strength, flexibility and agility amazing. One scene, where he approaches a combatant with fencer type steps - amazing. The coiled strength and control I could see in his body I have only seen in large cats.- Robert Maillet - GIANT! 6'10", 350 pounds. Perfectly proportioned. Amazing!- Marc-Andre Boulanger - 6'2", 225 pounds - great body. Work of art.All the male cast had impressive bodies.Lovely black actress, Ayisha Issa, cast in a demeaning role of a black woman prostitute. I do not like that stereotype of black women perpetuated. Ayisha is lovely and a good actress and deserves better roles.Cataline Denis plays a violent Hispanic woman. When I was growing up, unheard of for a woman to fight another woman. I hate those scenes. She is a good actress, but her character only a one dimensional unpleasant person.I do not like fighting or meanness, especially in women.Also, would prefer black men not to be portrayed as criminals.Forty years ago in the towns I lived in, white people expected black women to be prostitutes or on welfare, and black men to be thieves and criminals. I would prefer those stereotypes not to be perpetuated.

I love this movie. You should absolutely watch it. The story is fun and the action is off the chain. Paul Walker and David Belle are great and they play fantastically off each other.But nowhere on this listing does it say the digital copy of the movie has expired. And I learned the hard way over a ton of emails that 20th Century Fox will NOT give you a replacement code like most companies will.If the expiration date is not listed in the photos of the item or in the description, and there's no recourse other than returning the movie, that's deceptive marketing imho.I mean, if you pay for 2 things you shouldn't have to settle for 1, right?But like I said. The movie is great. If the digital copy doesn't matter to you, then definitely buy it.

This movie is based on the French movie, "District 13," a absolutely great action adventure, that takes place in the near future, where poor neighborhoods are just walled up and forgotten. It's a little reminiscent of the, "Escape From" movies with Kurt Russell, but with really a really cool style of French Martial Arts, deftly preformed by David Belle, who reprises his role in this American version, starring Paul Walker in one of his final movies. Here Paul plays cop who begins to sympathizes with the citizens of the district, and his convict partner, who has been railroaded by the system. This is a character we've seen from Walker before, but he plays the part so well, we don't mind. However, it's obvious martial arts are not in his wheelhouse. While the story is okay, it doesn't have the edge of the French version, even though both screenplays were written by Luc Besson. If you want to see a good movie, watch District 13, if you want to see Paul Walker in one of his final roles than watch this, either way you'LL be entertained.

Forget the dialogue, plot and characters; this movie is about parkour - the activity of running up walls, jumping across rooftops, swinging the body over empty spaces, etc.the movie opens with a fearless vigilante, Lino, trying to upset the drug empire of Big Dog in the Detroit of the Not So Distant Future. In that future, because of out of control crime rates in the slums, civil government has withdrawn from ghettos like "Brick Mansions," and have left them to stew in their own juices behind high walls and military check points. Paul Walker's Collier is a Detroit detective who wants justice in a very corrupt systems. He is sent into Brick Mansions because - shades of "Escape from New York" - a neutron bomb has been hijacked by Big Dog. So, Collier and Lino hook up to take on Big Dog, who has kidnapped Lino's ex-girlfriend. The two engage in improbable stunts, fight each and eventually work up a respect for each other.The stunts are where the heart of this movie is. Most of the stunts are wildly improbable, and you just have to go with the flow. If you can't, or if your "willing suspension of disbelief" meter trips in the absence of nuanced characters or sharp dialogue, or in the presence of not very good sound qualities, then skip this movie.On the other hand if you liked "The Fast and Furious" or you like a movie that is basically an extended parkour stunt sequence, which were actually jaw dropping most of the time, then this is your movie.I was feeling charitable and gave it "four stars," but I could have easily given it three.

Bought one disc, didnt load on my player. Seller sent a second disc after I updated my disc player's firmware. Second disc didn't work/load either after player update. Seller sent 2 return labels for both movies, neither were valid to the date listed on the email and expired before I could return them. I gifted one to a friend and spent $175 on a new Blu-ray player so I could watch it, and just paid for the second movie (this I expected from the seller for not returning in the time allocated).

This film is very underrated in my opinion. Action packed!! Paul Walker did a good job!! R.I.P. And RZA did a good job as well!!

Bisogna dire una cosa,perchè rifare un film praticamente pari pari all'originale(banlieu 13),quando con un po' più soldi puoi sistemare le cose che non funzionavano nel primo,tipo la trama un po' assurda e i personaggi macchietta che agiscono un po' a casaccio?Poi per carità l'azione c'è e non è girata male,ma secondo me,la scelta di Paul Walker(sempre nel cuore) non è molto azzeccata,per il fatto che nel primo c'era Cyril Raffaelli(un ottimo artista marziale e acrobata),che era praticamente alla pari di David Belle,qui invece Walker si vede che fa fatica a stargli dietro,e in un film così è la pecca più grossa.Il blu ray cmq offre un bel reparto video,con un'ottima risoluzione e bei colori e un bell'audio potente in dts hd master italiano-inglese,buoni anche gli extra.Secondo me è meglio l'originale,ma cmq questo è un discreto film d'azione!

Hatte gestern "endlich" den Film über "Lovefilm" bekommen und da ich Paul Walker (R.I.P.) einfach cool finde, hatte ich mich sehr auf den Film gefreut. Leider zu Unrecht! Dieser Film hat dermassene Logik-Fehler, dass er nicht mal für nen Kumpelabend geeignet ist, wo man sich z.B. gerne mal Expendables reinzieht ;-) ... klar, Expendables ist jetzt keine Logik-Referenz, will es aber auch nicht sein. Brick Mansions hingegen versucht auf hohem Niveau zu spielen und kann aber keine der gesetzten Erwartungen erfüllen.Sämtliche Schauspieler außer den 3 Hauptdarstellern sind größtenteils lustlos, dumpf und maximal auf B-Movie Niveau unterwegs.. Die meisten Gesichter habe ich nie zuvor gesehen und nach dem Film wusste ich warum...Wie schon in der Überschrift geschrieben, der einzige Lichtblick war ein sensationeller Song, den Walker in seinen CD Player schob, als er nach Hause kam. Dank "Shazam" gleich herausgefunden und sofort gekauft. Falls es noch jemandem aufgefallen ist: "The Heavy" heißt die Band und der Song "Short Change Hero".Fazit: ich wollte nicht spoilern deswegen blieb ich etwas inkonkret.. wer Paul Walker und Parcours gerne sieht und KEINE Ansprüche an eine schlüssige Handlung, gute darstellerische Leistung und ein sinnvolles Drehbuch hat, kann ihn sich leihen. Kaufen würde ich niemals!

Man sollte lieber "Ghetto Gangz" gucken. Die Schauspieler sind viel besser und außerdem gibt es auch noch einen 2.Teil, der sehenswert ist. David Belle steht bei Brick Mansions leider zu sehr im Schatten von Paul Walker.

A fun movie, but if you're expecting to be anywhere near as good as District B-13 then you're in for disappointment. If you're a fan of David Belle and Paul Walker it's nice to add to the collection.