District 13: Ultimatum (2009) Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (original title)

Director:

Patrick Alessandrin

Writer:

Luc Besson (scenario)

Release Date:

18 February 2009 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Evidence | Drug | Martial Artist | Police Car

Cast

Cyril Raffaelli	...	Capt. Damien Tomaso
David Belle	...	Leïto
Philippe Torreton	...	Le président de la République
Daniel Duval	...	Walter Gassman
Elodie Yung	...	Tao
MC Jean Gab'1	...	Molko
James Deano	...	Karl le skin
Laouni Mouhid	...	Ali-K (as La Fouine)
Fabrice Feltzinger	...	Little Montana
Pierre-Marie Mosconi	...	Roland
Johnny Amaro	...	Policier centre de contrôle
Pascal D'Amato	...	Le garde escaller préfecture
Guy Amram	...	Le chef commando GIGN
Pascal Aubert	...	Le Chef De Poste
Jean-Gilles Barbier	...	Le commandant de police
Mourad Belaïboud	...	Hassan
Vincent Bersoulle	...	Le Flic 2 (as Vincent Bersoullé)
Grégoire Bonnet	...	Le Flic 1
Salim Boughidene	...	Samir (as Salim Boughidène)
Farid Bouzenad	...	Le flic sanitaire 1
Frans Boyer	...	Le flic sanitaire 2
Denis Braccini	...	Homme de main waiter 1
Abdelkrim Brahmi	...	L'arabe chez Woo
Ady Brock	...	Homme de la bande de Karl (as Brock)
François Bureloup	...	Le planton préfecture
Frédéric Chau	...	Tran
Francis Coffinet	...	Le comptable
Jean-Louis Cohen	...	Le policier centre de contrôle
Mahamadou Coulibaly	...	Doudou
Didier Daribo	...	Le garde immeuble Leïto 2
Andy Dédé	...	Le copain Hassan
Xavier De Guillebon	...	Le ministre
Cédric Désirée	...	Le black commissarist
Soraya Djafri	...	Le copine de Safia
Tiga	...	Sonya (as Sophie Ducasse)
Fele Bakebe	...	Le rasta 1
Fele Yenga	...	Le rasta 2
Tony Gaultier	...	Le flic commissariat 1
Lannick Gautry	...	Le pote branché
Vincent Geirnaert	...	Un homme de la bande de Karl
Laurent Gérard	...	Maurice Bertomme
Soufiane Guerrab	...	Le lascar supermarché
Jean-Paul Guinvanna	...	Le garde immeuble Leïto 1
Sabria Hadir	...	Safia
Vincent Haquin	...	Le gardien de cellule 1
Lepomir Ivkovic	...	Le Père De Famille Exode
Ariel Kastaneda	...	Le black mur d'enceinte
Lise Lamétrie	...	La secrétaire muette (as Lise Lametrie)
Steeve Ly	...	Manuel
Moussa Maaskri	...	L'homme de main de Roland
Grigori Manoukov	...	Igor
Nicky Marbot	...	La capitaine des Swat
Jean-Louis Meyniac	...	Le garde de Molko
Gérald Nguyen Ngoc	...	Woo
Redouane Nour	...	Le rasta 3
Milan Ojdanic	...	Le soldat exode
Fabrice Polie	...	Le flic Swat 1
Eric Poulain	...	Le flic commissariat 2
Marc Quetel	...	Le garde Woo
Thierry Redler	...	L'homme de main waiter 2
Pascal Riccieri	...	Le Garde Woo
Salvatore Rombi	...	Le policier centre des opérations
Jean-Charles Rousseau	...	Le militaire affolé
Adrien Ruiz	...	L'officier sous-marin
Said Seif	...	Père de familie exode
Arnaud Simon	...	Denis
Christian Sinniger	...	Le commandant Hubert
Igor Skreblin	...	Le gardian de cellule 2
Patrick Steltzer	...	Le général
Sonia Sudi	...	Damien 'femme'
Djibril Sy	...	L'enfant soldat
Miroslav Timotijevic	...	Le flic 3 (fusillade nuit)
Frank Truong	...	Le garde Chinois 2
Ahn Vu-Cong	...	Le garde Chinois 1
Sidney Wernicke	...	Seb
Bing Yin	...	Yun
Vesna Zakic	...	Mère de familie exode
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Hersh	...	Roland (voice)
Alex Martin	...	Little Montana's crew
Emilien De Falco	...	Policier (uncredited)
Julien Hagnery	...	Tao's crew (uncredited)
Alaa Safi	...	Ali K's crew (uncredited)
Dany Verissimo-Petit	...	Lola (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Patrick Alessandrin

Writing credits
Luc Besson		(scenario)

Produced by
Luc Besson	....	producer
Didier Hoarau	....	executive producer
Franck Lebreton	....	supervising producer
Andjelija Vlaisavljevic	....	line producer: Serbia

Original Music by
Da Octopuss		(as Da Octopusss.)
Trak Invaders

Cinematography by
Jean-François Hensgens

Film Editing by
Julien Rey

Casting by
Hervé Jakubowicz
Marc Robert
Annette Trumel

Production Design by
Hugues Tissandier

Makeup Department
Marthe Faucouit	....	makeup artist
Marie-Pierre Hattabi	....	key hair stylist
Visnja Karaulic	....	makeup artist
Géraldine Lemaire	....	hair stylist
Stéphane Robert	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Anne-Thaïse Foucard	....	assistant unit manager
Cédric Fréni	....	assistant unit manager
Erwan Hiernard	....	assistant unit manager
Sylvain Maignan	....	assistant unit manager
Aleksandar Tadic	....	unit manager
Antonio Tavares-Monteiro	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jean-Paul Agostini	....	second unit director
David Deshayes	....	first assistant director: Serbia
Emmanuelle Fourault	....	third assistant director
Stéphane Gluck	....	first assistant director
Lucie Gratas	....	additional third assistant director
Emilie Justin	....	trainee assistant director
Fabien Ricour	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Philippe Boucherot	....	props buyer
Mina Buric	....	set dressing coordinator: Serbia
Carine Demongueres	....	assistant art director
Marko Dimitrijevic	....	props buyer: Serbia
Jasna Dragovic	....	set designer: Serbia
Yvan Hart	....	plasterer
Marija Jocic	....	assistant set designer: Serbia
Vlada Ljubic	....	props: Serbia
Vlasto Maric	....	painter
Jean-Manuel Martinez	....	plasterer
Radoslav Mihajlovic	....	construction manager: Serbia
Mirko Milosevic	....	graphic artist
Anne Pelosi	....	assistant art director
Zoran Petrovic	....	prop buyer
Ivana Stefanovic	....	construction coordinator: Serbia
Roger Dang Van Sung	....	painter
Christine Vincent-Genod	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Thomas Bernard	....	sound recordist
Mélanie Blouin	....	assistant sound editor
Guillaume Bouchateau	....	supervising sound editor
Damien Bouvier	....	post sync dialogue
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	adr mixer
Matthieu Dallaporta	....	sound re-recording mixer
François de Morant	....	sound mixer
Alain Féat	....	supervising sound editor
Loïc Gourbe	....	sound effects editor
Novica Jankov	....	boom operator
Novica Jankov	....	sound recordist: second unit crew
Didier Lozahic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marc Thill	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Muhamed M'Barek	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Saïdou Bernabé	....	environments technical director
Anais Bertrand	....	visual effects coordinator
Alain Bignet	....	digital compositor
Jerome Billet	....	digital matte painting supervisor
Lohengrin Braconnier	....	assistant colorist
Guillaume Carniato	....	digital compositor
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Anthony Charbonnier	....	digital compositor
Florian Chauvet	....	visual effects coordinator
Alexandra Cosimano	....	digital compositor
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	digital compositor
Natalène Darfeuille	....	visual effects production assistant
Ludovic Davidian	....	visual effects artist
Christophe Dehaene	....	digital compositor
Thierry Delobel	....	visual effects supervisor
Ludivine Ducrocq	....	production administration
Christophe Duflaut	....	digital compositor
Vincent Frei	....	digital compositor
David Gourmaud	....	visual effects editor
Ludovic Iochem	....	digital matte painter
Pacini Kevin	....	visual effects editor
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	visual effects supervisor
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Jean-Francois Michelas	....	digital compositor
Fredrik Monteil	....	digital compositor
Aude Nguyen-Ngoc	....	visual effects artist
Pascal Nowak	....	digital colorist
Frank Petit	....	digital compositor
Joel Pinto	....	visual effects supervisor
Elisa Pretta	....	digital compositor
Karthic Ramesh	....	digital paint artist
Etienne Salançon	....	digital compositor
Christian Simon	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Séguin	....	digital compositor
Christian Tomikowski	....	digital compositor
Georges Tornero	....	visual effects

Stunts
Kefi Abrikh	....	stunts
Milan Alavanja	....	stunt rigger
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunts
Frédéric Alhinho	....	stunts
Malki Attar	....	stunts
Arno Balenci	....	stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Jean-Marc Bellu	....	stunts
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts
Yannick Ben	....	stunt performer
Abdelhadi Bendahman	....	stunts
Christian Bergner	....	stunts
Guillaume Bobin	....	stunts
Carlos Bonelli	....	stunts
Grégory Boucau	....	stunts
Vincent Bouillon	....	stunts
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
David Bouvet	....	stunts
Nacer Brahmi	....	stunt performer
Xavier Brochard	....	stunts
Julien Bruant	....	stunt performer
Damien Buffard	....	stunt performer
Thong Bui	....	stunt performer
William Cagnard	....	stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	stunt rigger
Romain Canonne	....	stunt performer
Erwan Catrix	....	stunt performer
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunts wire effects
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunts
Kevin Cauderlier	....	stunt rigger
Kevin Cauderlier	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts: wire effects
Amadéo Cazzela	....	stunts
Maurice Chan	....	stunts
Julien Cicil	....	stunts (as Julien Cicile)
Edwin Condette	....	stunts
Laurent Coste	....	stunts
Bruno Da Costa	....	stunt performer
Catie Mota Da Cruz	....	stunts
Marc David	....	stunts
Emilien De Falco	....	stunt performer
Zhang Dehui	....	stunts
Thevada Dek	....	stunt performer
Gil Demurger	....	stunts
Mathieu Dubois	....	stunt performer
Nicolas Ducray	....	stunt performer
Christophe Dupuis	....	stunts
Thibault Durand	....	stunts
Dino Durdevic	....	stunts
Nadège Dusserre	....	stunts
Jean Dutelle	....	stunts
Mohamed Elachi	....	assistant fight choreographer
Jamel Elgharbi	....	stunts
Cullet Eric	....	stunts
Jean Adrien Espiasse	....	stunt performer
Branislav Fistric	....	local stunt coordinator
Olivier Fornara	....	stunts
Sylvain Gabet	....	stunts
Vincent Gatinaud	....	stunts
William Gay	....	stunts
Samy Gharbi	....	stunts
Jean Girard	....	stunts
Wilfried Gomba	....	stunt performer
Antoine Gourlez	....	stunt performer
David Grolleau	....	stunts
José Gómez Rebolo	....	stunts
Christian Hening	....	stunts
Cyrille Hertel	....	stunts
Marc Hoang	....	stunts (as Nghi Hoang)
Karim Hocini	....	stunts
Enrico Horn	....	stunts
Vladimir Houbart	....	stunt driver
Clément Huet	....	stunt performer
Bariller Hugo	....	stunt performer
Slavisa Ivanovic	....	stunts
David Julienne	....	stunt driver
Dominique Julienne	....	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driver
Ibrahima Keita	....	stunts
Loufti Khedhri	....	stunt performer
Leonard Kwasmovska	....	stunts
Karl E. Landler	....	stunt performer
Mathieu Lardot	....	stunts
Jonathan Lautenberg	....	stunt performer
Pascal Lavanchy	....	stunt driver
Benoit Lavelatte	....	stunt
Jean-François Lenogue	....	stunt
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Mathew Lorenceau	....	stunt performer
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunt driver
Alex Martin	....	stunt performer
Gabriel Mercier	....	stunts
Loïc Molla	....	stunts
Eric Mondoloni	....	stunts
Jerome Morel	....	stunt performer
Thomas Mougne	....	stunts
David Moulin	....	stunt performer
Romain Moutault	....	stunts
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts
Olivier Nabal	....	stunt performer
Seko Baptiste Nanne	....	stunt performer
Ilya Nikitenko	....	stunt performer
Audrey Ottaviano	....	stunts
Kunthear Ouk	....	stunt performer
Philippe Ouk	....	stunt performer
Sébastien Peres	....	stunt performer
Cyril Raffaelli	....	fight choreographer
Frederick Renard	....	assistant fight choreographer
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Pierre-Yves Rosoux	....	stunt driver
Jean-Charles Rousseau	....	stunt performer
Olivier Sa	....	stunt performer
Alaa Safi	....	stunts (as Alaa Oumouzoune)
Abdou Sagna	....	stunts
Julien Seijo	....	stunt performer
Nebojsa Simic	....	stunt rigger
Djigui Sissoko	....	stunt performer
Vibol-Joseph Sok	....	stunt performer
Nicolas Sol	....	stunt performer
Richard Spirkel	....	stunt performer
Santi Sudaros	....	stunts
Erwan Suquet	....	stunts
Romain Szymonik	....	stunts
Daniel Talevi	....	stunts (as Dan Talevi)
Josué Thermilus	....	stunt performer
Pierre-Henri Toubas	....	stunts
Fabien Troude	....	stunt performer
Michaël Troude	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt performer
Julien Van Steenwinckel	....	stunt performer
Sebastien Vandenberghe	....	stunt performer
Patrick Vo	....	stunts
Miroslav Vuckovic	....	stunt rigger
Benoit Lavelatte	....	stunt performer: parkour (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Matthieu Agius	....	second assistant camera
Loïc Andrieu	....	steadicam operator
Magali Bragard	....	still photographer
Julien Bureau	....	first assistant camera
Mathieu Caudroy	....	steadicam operator
Dragan Rakicevic Cile	....	focus puller
Steven Desbrow	....	camera operator: helicopter
Rachid Dhibou	....	making-of camera
Mihailo Dobric	....	video operator
Slobodan Gojkovic	....	key electrician: Serbia
Srdjan Gojkovic	....	electrician
Océane Lavergne	....	additional focus puller
Océane Lavergne	....	first assistant camera: additional second unit
Laurent Martin	....	grip
Svetomir Pajic	....	camera operator
Zoran Pecenkovic	....	grip
Claire Pierrard	....	additional second assistant camera
Slobodan Pikula	....	still photographer
Tarik Rebeihi	....	first assistant camera
Etienne Saldés	....	Steadicam operator
Cedomir Subotic	....	grip
Branko Sujic	....	second assistant camera
Nenad Vasic	....	grip
Trajche Velichkovski	....	grip
Nelly Vernochet	....	video assist
Milos Vidakovic	....	electrician
Charlotte Vitroly	....	second assistant camera
Branimir Zivkovic	....	video operator

Casting Department
Samia Fadli	....	extras casting
Vesna Milic	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jelena Djordjevic	....	costumer
Sabine Knocke	....	costumer
Michèle Pezzin	....	assistant costume designer
Jasmina Sanader	....	wardrobe supervisor: Serbia
Stefan Savkovic	....	assistant costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Lorraine Houpert	....	post-production coordinator
Yseult Huret	....	assistant editor
Christophe Lucotte	....	color timer
Alice Plantin	....	assistant editor (as Plantin Alice)
Agnès Sébenne	....	post-production supervisor
Soazic Veillon	....	dialogue editor
Flora Volpelière	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Bastide Donny	....	composer: theme music
Alexandre Mahout	....	music supervisor
Samuel Potin	....	score mixer
Michael Wijnen	....	head of music department

Transportation Department
Ilija Dzikic	....	production driver
Slavko Novakovic	....	transportation coordinator
Nikola Simic	....	picture vehicles: Serbia

Other crew
Milica Bregovic	....	assistant location manager
Isabelle Broyard	....	legal affairs
Marko Crnogorac	....	location manager: second unit Serbia
Zoja Djordjevic	....	production secretary
Sandra Djurickovic	....	production coordinator
Romuald Drault	....	production accountant supervisor
Dusan Jocic	....	set production assistant
Dominique Julienne	....	armorer
Sonja Kostovic	....	on-set intern
Ljiljana Kovacevic	....	production accountant
Ana Lagator	....	assistant script supervisor
Marc Leroyer	....	weapons coordinator
Emilie Maison	....	press attache france
Gianni Manno	....	titles and credits designer
Marija Markovic	....	cashier
Milana Milunovic	....	translator on set
Milos Mutavdzic	....	key set production assistant
Neda Pavlovic	....	production assistant
Jasmina Petrovic-Gojacic	....	assistant location manager
François Pujol	....	location scout
Sasa Radulovic	....	location manager
Sasa Radulovic	....	location manager: Serbia
Alix Sidem	....	production assistant
Nicole Tiramani	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• EuropaCorp
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• CiBy 2000 (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Sofica Europacorp (in association with)

Distributors

• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• MEED Films (2009) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• MVP Entertainment (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Magnet Releasing (2010) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• California Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Fox Pathé Europa (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• HCE (2009) (Czech Republic) (DVD)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (double feature with "District B13")
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Pathé Films (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Actions Movies  stunt equipment
• Aerial Camera Systems (ACS)  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Work in Progress  production services

Also Known As:

"Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum" - France (original title)
"Ultimate 2: Muscle Never Die" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and drug material

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U (certificate #121426) | South Korea:15 | Japan:G | Iceland:14 | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #45629) | Netherlands:12 | Australia:MA | Singapore:NC-16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company:

EuropaCorp

Trivia:

Filming lasted 14 weeks.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: At one point, the main character is using what seems like a monocular telescope to oversee the situation. The next shot confirms this when the screen shows as if you were looking through one. However, the device used is not a telescope, but a night vision monocular. Not only the model can be recognized (it's of "Yukon" brand), but also the 2nd (smaller) lens on the device, which is actually a IR emitter. Using this device at day will not allow to see very much. Moreover, the following shot of the telescope view should be green because thats what one sees when viewing in night vision.

Quotes:

Leïto:What are you doing?
Capt. Damien Tomaso:Thinking.
Leïto:I don't like it when you think.

Movie Connections:

Features District B13 (2004)

Avoid the dubbed version ...

Happened to catch this sequel on Sky Movies (which was transmitted sub-titled, rather than dubbed, so "thank you" Sky, for that) and thought it was great. I enjoyed it so much that I've just bought the first District 13 film on DVD from Amazon.

Cyril Raffaelli makes a good hero in the Jason Stathan mold and I thought the fight choreography was exceptional - as good as anything that comes out of Hong Kong, more realistic than theatrical, and very effective for that.

I was very impressed with Elodie Yung, too. Who wouldn't be?

Can't wait to see the first film, now ...