District 13: More Than Just a Bunch of Guys Running Around

Well, I took a look at "District 13" yesterday and let me say if you haven't watched it yet, it's definitely worth it.
I mean, just take a look at the first 10 minutes. The unique opening credits (great editing) span the landscape of the area of France circa 2010 known as "Banileue 13" or "Barrio 13", it's in French after all; and lead into a prolonged parkour chase. Not only is it an action pack parkour tour-de-force, but also a political allegory. It posits the idea of a divided society in the future, of a France with barrios that through increasing crime rate and poverty, become lawless and are divided from the upperclass regions by high walls, checkpoints, and barbed wire.
It is in Barrio 13 that we find our protagonist Leito, played by the nimble parkour master, David Belle in conflict with the local gang run by Taha. Leito also has a sister, Lola, who is played by the former French porn star Dany Verissimo (her porn name is Ally Mac Tyana). Lola gets kidnapped and drugged up by Taha, setting in motion a series of events where Leito is thrown in jail by an ambivilant police chief and is later recruited by an undercover kick-ass (watch the casino scene) police officer, Damien, played by chop-socky French kung-fu man, Cyril Raffaelli. Together, they set off to free Lola and disarm a dirty bomb that Taha has "stolen".
The action is great and has been compared to Ong-Bak, which also featured a parkour-style chase. Obviously, this film was a promo-tool for parkour and it's star, Belle; who fit the part well. He is one of the main inventors of the French free-running parkour sport, and it helps that he is, as my fiance adeptly observed, "good looking". The acting was well done, considering the movie was in French with English subtitles so everyone seemed a bit tense throughout the film. Verissimo didn't play the "girl in distress" part well, though. She was more of eye-candy, if anything. In one scene, she removes her panties and places them in a mercenary's mouth. How's that for great film-making?
The political themes in the film reflect the modern day societal problems in France with real-life barrios, albeit without the physical walls. The psychological walls dividing the classes led to the well-publicized riots that occurred in France in 2005. So not only is the film entertaining, but you get to learn a little bit too.
I give it a 3 3/4 out of 5.