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02/27/09
13 Tzameti (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 65
Fresh: 54
Rotten:11
Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus: This starkly minimalist nail-biter of a thriller relentlessly builds up the tension and keeps the audience guessing.
Theatrical Release:Jul 28, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he... [More]
Starring: George Babluani, Jean Pascal Bongard, Aurelien Recoing, Fred Ulysse
Director: Géla Babluani
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Reviews for 13 Tzameti
Meant more as perverse gimmicky entertainment than in telling anything meaningful about the human condition.
01/14/09
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08/07/08
Top Critic13 Tzameti does suffer from a weak and even lazy conclusion, but that doesn't stop 90 minutes that come before it. This truly is deserving of being unforgettable.
10/13/07
I knew nothing before I saw this film, except I heard it was intense (it is) and a little violent (also true). It's also well made, disturbing, and rather hard to forget.
07/30/07
an impressively noirish moral fable that, for all its bleakness, offers ample rewards to those willing to take a chance on it.
07/02/07
Biting into the dubious apple of the new market economy.
04/22/07
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03/01/07
At its center is an astonishing set-piece that will rivet almost any moviegoer.
03/01/07
the most artsy spin on The Most Dangerous Game ever plunked down on the screen.
02/12/07
A gritty, high attrition-rate mindbender guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to its shocking finale.
02/09/07
Easier to admire than it is to sit through, the French film 13 (Tzameti) is an exercise in stylish depravity that may one day be viewed as the debut of a great filmmaker.
01/19/07
Top CriticComes off like a punch in the stomach. A terrific, focused first-effort by the Georgian emigre Gela Babluani.
01/19/07
A tightly screwed shocker, a suspense tour de force that proceeds through a harrowing chain of events with alarming confidence.
01/19/07
Top Critic"13 Tzameti" has you on the edge of your seat with a story that throws unexpected punches at every corner.
01/19/07
It may be smarter than Saw II or Saw III, but it's just selling a classier brand of sadistic voyeurism.
11/24/06
Top CriticA stylish and unnerving thriller that sucks you into surreal scenes of horror with the chilly confidence of a nightmare.
11/10/06
Takes awhile to establish where it's going, but it's powered by a kind of sick dread.
10/26/06
The Georgian-born French director Gela Babluani makes an absorbing debut with this black-and-white thriller.
10/13/06
Top CriticThe earned payoff is an all-too-believable shocker.
10/12/06
Latest News for 13 Tzameti
January 14, 2009:
13 Is Chriqui's Lucky Number 
Emmanuelle Chriqui has joined the cast of "13," the "13 Tzameti" remake that also stars Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Ray Winstone, Ben Gazzara, and Alex Skarsgard. More...
October 21, 2008:
Statham and Rourke Starring in 13 Tzameti Remake
Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, and 50 Cent have signed on to star in Gela Babluani's "13," a remake of the director's own French-language film "13 Tzameti." More...
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