Brick Mansions
Paul Walker's last fully completed performance (although his final film performance was in Fast & Furious 7 which he was filming at the time of his death).,When the camera pans out from Detroit at aroun 1hr 5mins, it is actually panning out from a suburb of Chicago. (Chicago is at the southwest corner of Lake Michigan; Detroit is at the west end of Lake Erie.),Tremaine Alexander: Where I come from, cash rule everything around me. You heard that one, right?,Unrated Cut: Found on the blu-ray released in the U.S. Runs 100 minutes.,Edited from Last Call (2013),Turn Down for What
(uncredited)
(2013)
Performed by Lil Jon and DJ Snake (as DJ Snake)
Written by Lil Jon (as Jonathan Smith) and DJ Snake
[used in trailer],In case you are wondering, I did see several years ago the French movie "District B13", which is the original movie that lead to this remake. However, I have completely forgotten what it was like - though that fact does make it easier to judge this remake on its own terms instead of comparing it to the original. Despite this perspective, the movie just didn't do it for me. There is a strong whiff of the movie "Escape From New York" here, as well as to a lesser extent "Robocop" and other Hollywood movies, so there isn't a feeling of originality here. The script also suffers from the fact that neither the protagonists or antagonists are that compelling or particularly fleshed out. I know, I know - the script really doesn't matter in a movie like this. What matters is the action and other kinds of eye candy. Well, the movie doesn't do that well on those angles as well. The action (which is so-so at its best) is rapidly edited to try to hide the fact the actors can't pull off multiple moves in the same shot, and obvious stuntmen are used for the few trickier moments. And while the movie was a co-production between two countries (France and Canada), the movie often has a cheap look and feel to it. It's obvious why this movie did unspectacular business at the box office, though why the late Paul Walker apparently saw promise in this project is a question we may never learn the answer to.,