District 13: Ultimatum Advanced Screening Ticket Giveaway!

January 22, 2010 in Contests,Movies with 34 Comments

District 13: Ultimatum is the new film written by Luc Besson, the French director and writer you might know from his work on The Professional and The Fifth Element. He is not in the captain’s chair this time, but a script by this man means we are in for a good story. The director of this film is Patrick Alessandrin whom is a director in his own right, and shares a love for the same crazy action and over the top stunts that are the trademarks of all Besson’s films.

District 13: Ultimatum is a sequel to the 2004 French cult hit District 13. But while it is a sequel it promises to be one where if you haven’t seen the original you will still be able to fully enjoy this film unencumbered. The plot goes something like this, “three years after the events of the original film, the authorities are attempting to return law and order to ravaged District 13. The death of gang overlord Taha Bemamud has left a power vacuum, and total control of the area is now being fought over by five rival territorial gang lords who want to step into Taha’s position. Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector before the secret services of Paris take drastic measures to solve the problem.” Funny bit of trivia the star of District 13: Ultimatum… Cyril Raffaelli is also the fight choreographer for the Tekken film I wrote about earlier this week.

The film opens February 5th and I for one can’t wait to see this. Just check out the trailer below! The French have really been putting some great stuff out lately (The Professional and The Fifth Element are two of my all time favorite films) so I am hoping not to be disappointed. We are giving away 30 passes for 2 to an advance screening of District 13: Ultimatum courtesy of The 6-Shooter Film Series and Mangnet which will be held next Thursday, January 28th, 7:30 PM at the Ritz 5. Since the screening is next week simply drop a comment with your favorite French Film or Film that took place in France (for those of you not too big into international cinema) and I will shoot you your tickets via email.  The cut off will be Wednesday night the 27th and once I send out all 30, Game Over. I for one will be in attendance, and I hope to see you there.

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34 Responses to “District 13: Ultimatum Advanced Screening Ticket Giveaway!”

  1. Linzy Leon January 22, 2010 at 8:25 am #

    Delicatessen! (I can name about 10 more too!)

  2. Geoff January 22, 2010 at 8:27 am #

    Gotcha! “mon crayon est grand et jaune” – 80′s film making at it’s finest :)

  3. Joanna January 22, 2010 at 9:15 am #

    I love, love, love City of Lost Children.

  4. Benjamin L January 22, 2010 at 9:22 am #

    I hope I’m not alone when I throw Ronin up into the list. Great movie complete with what may be my favorite car chase scene of all time.

  5. Jared January 22, 2010 at 10:20 am #

    Brotherhood of the Wolf. Historical AND ass-kicking!

  6. Zoe January 22, 2010 at 11:07 am #

    Amelie!!

  7. Jon Macchio January 22, 2010 at 11:48 am #

    Banlieue 13—The orginal!!

  8. Tom January 22, 2010 at 12:06 pm #

    Nikita

    Far superior to the American remake “Point of No Return”

  9. tommy lee January 22, 2010 at 12:57 pm #

    can’t wait to see it

  10. don ho January 22, 2010 at 12:58 pm #

    i love action

  11. tom lo January 22, 2010 at 12:59 pm #

    i’m in

  12. ryan le January 22, 2010 at 1:00 pm #

    got to have it

  13. monica January 22, 2010 at 1:16 pm #

    a very long engagement.

  14. ryan January 22, 2010 at 1:17 pm #

    Delicatessen or City of Lost Children!

  15. ryan January 22, 2010 at 1:17 pm #

    haha everyone loves jeunet

  16. Jefferson January 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm #

    Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (aka “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”) from 1964 is my favorite…nice long French musical. :-)

  17. Rajiv January 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm #

    Since Delicatessen has already been taken I’m going with The Nest

  18. Tara January 22, 2010 at 3:16 pm #

    Wasabi. Just watched it again this week, such a cute film (and it’s Besson + Reno = awesomeness)

  19. Emily G January 22, 2010 at 3:23 pm #

    King of Hearts!

  20. Chris January 22, 2010 at 3:33 pm #

    I like a lot of french films already mentioned (Brotherhood of the Wolf, A Very Long Engagement) but Amelie is my favorite. :) . It rules !

  21. Joe K January 22, 2010 at 7:05 pm #

    Vivre sa vie

  22. Dana January 24, 2010 at 1:59 am #

    L’auberge Espanol (the spanish apartment). I think it counts because 1) it’s mostly in french 2) it has a few paris scenes, plus 3) it has that chick from Amelie in it. Definitely a perponderance of french film and a great excample of early 2000′s american-beauty-esque existential crises cinema.

  23. Dan January 24, 2010 at 11:17 am #

    Okay I sent your tickets out if you posted a comment before this post if you didn’t receive them drop me a line at dan@geekadelphia.com

  24. Dustin January 24, 2010 at 8:39 pm #

    I personally like Taken recently. But I also liked Amelie. So yeah. Awesome!

  25. Rich January 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm #

    City of Lost Children was excellent. Can’t forget the Griswald’s romp in Paris in European Vacation though.

  26. Matt J January 24, 2010 at 11:09 pm #

    Certainly The 400 Blows by François Truffaut

  27. Mervin Choun January 25, 2010 at 10:09 am #

    I honestly can’t come up with a french movie or a movie that takes place in france…

    Inglorious Basterds? :)

  28. Linus January 25, 2010 at 10:18 am #

    pick me!

  29. idreaminpixels January 25, 2010 at 10:28 am #

    Delicatessen!

  30. Kristy January 25, 2010 at 10:40 am #

    Jeux d’enfants. While it may be lacking in action-packed sequences, it does have one of my all-time favorite movie quotes and Edith Piaf in the soundtrack. (^_^ )

  31. Michael January 25, 2010 at 3:02 pm #

    Amélie is one of my favorites ever and of course original District 13 is pretty badass

  32. David January 25, 2010 at 3:24 pm #

    jules et jim…but yes the first District 13 was great looking forward to the sequel

  33. Dan January 26, 2010 at 4:16 pm #

    Game Over! Everyone above will get your tickets tonight. See ya at the screening!

  34. Gerelynne Colquitt January 27, 2010 at 6:40 pm #

    french film

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