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The movie appears to be a typical cops-and-gangsters movie at first glance, but after careful critical viewing, one realizes that it is more of a parkour movie in the vein of many Jackie Chan movies. There are of course fisticuffs and gunplay, but the highlight of this movie are the numerous chase scenes on foot where the protagonists elude their pursuers with slick urban gymnastics. There are many obvious influences from Jackie Chan’s many movies:

• Leito climbs up a drain pipe up the side of a building (like Jackie Chan in Rush Hour).
• An unarmed Damien fights off gun-wielding thugs while handcuffed to a steering wheel (like Jackie Chan in Rush Hour).
• Damien and Leito have to rescue a little girl (Leito’s little sister Lola) who is chained to a rocket (like Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in … Rush Hour).
• There is an impossibly-huge “boss monster” thug at the end, just like in all Jackie Chan movies.
• Well-dressed thugs. Despite the fact that B-13 has no schools, police, or any other kind of civilized infrastructure, every thug somehow manages to have the latest and coolest threads. Where do they do their shopping?

Not taken from Jackie Chan movies:

• R rating: drug use, wanton murder and violence.
• No out-takes at the end after the credits.
• French gangsta rap.