Unable to control B13, the authorities surround the entire area with a high wall topped by barbed tape, forcing the inhabitants within to survive without education, proper utilities or police protection. Especially Banlieue 13, commonly referred to as B13: a ghetto with a population of two million people. In 2010, social problems have overrun the poorer suburbs of Paris. This is the final film which released during Tony D'Amario's lifetime (who played as K2 in the film), before his death in 2005.
David Belle plays Leïto, the story's main character. Because of this, some film critics drew comparisons to the Thai film Ong-Bak. It depicts parkour in several stunt sequences completed without wires or computer-generated imagery. District 13 ( French title Banlieue 13 or B13), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson.
