District 13: Ultimatum (2009)

  This is the sequel to French action extravaganza District B-13, one of my favorite films.  I was worried it wouldn't be as good, since the original had some problems with preachiness, but it far exceeded my expectations.  This is definitely one to buy.

It's been three years since the events in B-13.  Despite all its promises, the government hasn't made much of a difference in the lives of the inhabitants.  They haven't even taken the walls down.  Leito (David Belle) still lives inside, apart from but friendly with the five major gangs that inhabit the high-rises.  Damian the supercop (Cyril Raffaelli) is still doing his master-of-disguise thing, taking down criminals in the heart of Paris.  That is, until he is framed for narcotics possession and arrested.  Meanwhile, Leito is handed an SD card with a video that incriminates the DISS (like Homeland Security) in the deaths of three police officers who were later dumped in B-13.  The two men must join forces once again to protect the people of the district and preserve the ideals of the Constitution.

Like I said, I enjoyed the first one tremendously and this one managed to get rid of the one piece I didn't like which was the overt sermonizing.  It's action porn at its Frenchest.