Brick Mansions

2014, Action/Crime, 1h 30m

100 Reviews 25,000+ Ratings

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Choppily edited and largely bereft of plot, Brick Mansions wastes a likable cast on a pointless remake of the far more entertaining District B13. Read critic reviews

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Brick Mansions Photos

(L-R) David Belle as Lino and Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

(L-R) Paul Walker as Damien and David Belle as Lino in "Brick Mansions."

Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

Catalina Denis as Lola in "Brick Mansions."

(L-R) Paul Walker as Damien, David Belle as Lino, Kwasi Songui as Big Cecil and RZA as Tremaine in "Brick Mansions."

Catalina Denis as Lola in "Brick Mansions."

Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

David Belle as Lino in "Brick Mansions."

RZA as Tremaine in "Brick Mansions."

A scene from "Brick Mansions."

(L-R) Paul Walker as Damien, David Belle as Lino and Catalina Denis as Lola in "Brick Mansions."

Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

(L-R) RZA as Tremaine and Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

(L-R) David Belle as Lino and Paul Walker as Damien in "Brick Mansions."

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Movie Info

In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier (Paul Walker), every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine (RZA), to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino (David Belle) work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.

Rating:

PG-13 (Frenetic Gunplay|Drug Material|Language|Sexual Menace|Violence and Action Throughout)
Genre:

Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Camille Delamarre
Producer:

Claude Léger, Jonathan Vanger
Writer:

Luc Besson
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 25, 2014 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 26, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA):

$20.4M
Runtime:

1h 30m
Distributor:

Relativity Media
Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS

Cast & Crew

Paul Walker
Damien Collier

David Belle
Lino Dupree

RZA
Tremaine Alexander

Goûchy Boy
K2

Catalina Denis
Lola

Carlo Rota
George the Greek

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Audience Reviews for Brick Mansions

May 11, 2015

The action sequences are well plotted but the plot is stupid, the acting horrible and sad to See Paul Walker's legacy end on a sour note. Just mindlessly violent set in the future of prison like Detroit, which has been executed in better films. 05-09-2015

Christopher O Super Reviewer
Jan 15, 2015

Choppily edited and clumsily directed, this unnecessary remake of the awesome film "District B13" is more depressing than it is entertaining. Being one of Paul Walker's final films, I feel bad that he chose to do this, because he is capable of so much better. This film feels like a mix of parkour and the worst parts of "Fast and Furious," but done even worse. Farfetched action can be fun, but when they are just originary people, you really just do not buy into it, and sadly, that is how I felt throughout almost this entire fim. There is nothing dreaful about this film, but there is not one aspect I would consider even mildly enjoyable, so for that, it is a really bad movie. "Brick Mansions" boasts a talent cast that has nothing to do, a cliched premise that hardly pays homage to it's original, and editing that must have been thrown together in a weekend. Some of the fight scenes seem so wquick that they must have been edited down in the final product and it shows perfusely. In the end, I am extremely disappointed, because I am a huge fan of the orinigal film.

KJ P Super Reviewer
Nov 15, 2014

Okay...but it could've been so much better. This film is really interesting and fun to watch for a while, but after the thrill starts to wear off, you start to question the story, and realize that this film is pretty dumb. The plot makes no sense, the progression makes even less, and the ending is terrible. The fact that this was Paul Walker's final film makes me feel terrible....

Stephen S Super Reviewer
Oct 29, 2014

An American remake of the French action film District B13, Brick Mansions attempts to fix what isn't broken. Luc Besson reworks his script so that now it's set in a futuristic Detroit where an undercover cop must infiltrate an autonomous, crime ridden section of the city ruled by a gangster that has acquired a WMD. Most of the changes, such as making the sister character an ex-girlfriend and turning Tremaine into an antihero, actually weaken the film. Still, most of the same action beats and stunts are carried over, and bring a lot of excitement and fun to the chase and fight sequences. Additionally, David Belle returns to reprise his role as Leo, and is joined by a strong cast that includes Paul Walker and RZA. Still, Brick Mansions feels pretty generic and isn't able to recapture the same energy of the original.

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