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The Great Challenge
Sep. 29th, 2008 03:26 pmOver the weekend Hubby and I watched The Great Challenge, a movie we saw a preview for awhile ago. The preview really didn't do justice to the plot. Not really all that unusual.
It's an action flick, originally recorded in French (and I recommend watching it in French with subtitles), that stars a group of Parkour athletes who go to Bangkok to open a gym for street kids. Unfortunately they find themselves right in the middle of a Triad / Yakuza spat. Thus action ensues. There's also a hint of mysticism (one of the young men is there to see his Grandfather, a Buddhist priest) but mostly it's action.
People who do Parkour are amazing to watch, they're so graceful! David Belle in District B13 (another French action movie) and his Yamakasi (the stars of The Great Challenge), are incredible. Up, down, around poles, running, jumping, climbing anything. Fun! I'm willing to accept much in terms of story line and plot silliness in order to watch these athletes in action.
Though to be totally snarky about it, I did have to tease that of course it's the *French* who create an almost martial art of running away/escaping...
Link to a YouTube clip of District B13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIw3cv8Zls
It's an action flick, originally recorded in French (and I recommend watching it in French with subtitles), that stars a group of Parkour athletes who go to Bangkok to open a gym for street kids. Unfortunately they find themselves right in the middle of a Triad / Yakuza spat. Thus action ensues. There's also a hint of mysticism (one of the young men is there to see his Grandfather, a Buddhist priest) but mostly it's action.
People who do Parkour are amazing to watch, they're so graceful! David Belle in District B13 (another French action movie) and his Yamakasi (the stars of The Great Challenge), are incredible. Up, down, around poles, running, jumping, climbing anything. Fun! I'm willing to accept much in terms of story line and plot silliness in order to watch these athletes in action.
Though to be totally snarky about it, I did have to tease that of course it's the *French* who create an almost martial art of running away/escaping...
Link to a YouTube clip of District B13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPIw3cv8Zls
