Sunday, September 14, 2014

Brick Mansions is a 2014 French-Canadian action film starring Paul Walker, David Belle and RZA. The film was directed by Camille Delamarre and written by Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen and Bibi Naceri. It is a remake of the 2004 French film District 13, in which Belle had also starred. Brick Mansions is Walker's last completed film before his death on November 30, 2013 and has a dedication to him at the start of the credits. The film was released on April 25, 2014.
Plot :
In 2018, in a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals. Unable to control the crime, the police have constructed a colossal containment wall around this area to protect the rest of the city. For undercover cop Damien Collier (Paul Walker), every day is a battle against corruption. For ex-convict Lino (David Belle), every day is a fight to live an honest life. Their paths never should have crossed, but when drug kingpin Tremaine (RZA) kidnaps Lino’s girlfriend, Damien reluctantly accepts Lino's help and together they struggle to stop a sinister plot that involves a stolen bomb set to destroy the entire city.

Eventually, with the help of Lino and Tremaine, Damien realizes that his father was killed by his fellow officers and that the mayor was behind the plot. Damien, Lino and Tremaine confront the mayor and manage to prove his true intentions and have him removed from office. Brick Mansions is welcomed back into the city, with Damien and Lino continuing their friendship.
Cast.
Paul Walker as Damien Collier
David Belle as Lino Dupree
RZA as Tremaine Alexander
Catalina Denis as Lola
Robert Maillet as Yeti
Carlo Rota as George the Greek
Kwasi Songui as Big Cecil
Ayisha Issa as Rayzah
Richard Zeman as Reno
Bruce Ramsay as Mayor
Production.
Principal photography began on April 30, 2013, and the film was released in 2014 by EuropaCorp. Relativity Media distributed the film.Following Walker's death, the North American release was scheduled for February and French release for April 23. On February 6 2014, Relativity and EuropaCorp announced a move to April 25, 2014 as a release date for the film, along with paying the cost of the film’s world premiere and distribution.

Release[edit]
The first official trailer was released on February 13, 2014, featuring the DJ Snake and Lil Jon song "Turn Down for What".The second full trailer was released on March 20, 2014.

Reception[edit]
Reviews for Brick Mansions have been generally mixed. Rotten Tomatoes gives a 26% rating on based on 88 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Choppily edited and largely bereft of plot, Brick Mansions wastes a likable cast on a pointless remake of the far more entertaining District 13."Metacritic gives the film a 40/100 rating, based on 28 critics, indicating "mixed or average revie However, some critics have been more positive. Isaac Feldberg of We Got This Covered called the film "a highly entertaining action thriller," stating that, "If Brick Mansions is to serve as his final work, it’s relieving, at least, to know that that it’s his best, and an appropriately sensational capstone to a career built on pulse-pounding, jaw-dropping action spectaculars." Variety's Justin Chang added that the film was "propulsively entertaining."

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