Jon_Snow_21 I just don't get why people don't like this movie. It's just so awesome that it feels bratty for someone to say it doesn't have a story when it most certainly has an epic one. Like I just mentioned the story here is great with an awesome twist at the end. Epic action scenes are what this movie has to offer. Watching David Belle do some epic parkour is worth your time and the Paul Walker/ David Belle interactions are good. Sure there's not that much else then an epic storyline and some awesome action scenes but when they're executed well there's nothing to complain about. A great heart warming ending ends the movie well. I would recommend Brick Mansions to people who are capable of giving it a chance.

Python Hyena Brick Mansions (2014): Dir: Camille Delamarre / Cast: Paul Walker, David Belle, RZA, Catalina Denis, Robert Maillet: Another pathetic action film filled with spectacular yet unbelievable stunts. This film regards isolation both physically and emotionally. This is unfortunately Paul Walker's final film before his unfortunate death. He plays an uncover cop who enters this walled off area where urban criminals seem to populate. He is paired up with an ex-convict, played by David Belle whose girlfriend is held hostage there. Apparently there is a missile aimed at the city as a statement from those in Brick Mansions. Walker and Belle spend much time beating the crap out of each other before hugging it out and becoming the buddies we predict them to become. They team up and nearly get their asses handed to them by some big massive henchmen whom they kill by smashing a cement block over his head. Director Camille Delamarre presents action to the unbelievable odds that action fans will dig. Non genre fans will find this tripe to be the bullshit that it is. Walker basically recites most of what he's already done, and Belle does high flying stunts like a human elastic band. RZA plays a drug kingpin barking orders while chopping up peppers for a stew. Catalina Denis plays Belle's sassy girlfriend who is eventually chained to the missile. It is unfortunate that this is Walker's final film appearance seeing that it is so pathetic. This is all pointless and contrived storytelling promoting over the top violence. Frankly, every copy of this film should be there when the brick walls crumble. Score: 3 / 10

xamtaro REVIEW BRICK MANSIONSA city in chaos. Gangs have overpowered law and order in the sprawling Detroit neighbourhood known as Brick Mansions. When matters got out of hand, the authorities walled off the entire section of the city, abandoning all those who still lived there to the mercy of the drug dealing gang lord played by The RZA. A massive spoiler at the start of the movie shows how Detroit mayors never learned anything since ROBOCOP and still intends to demolish a poverty stricken neighbourhood instead of giving it the help it needs. Caught in this lawless walled off town is Lino, the scowling anti-hero. Instead of being a grand theft auto criminal with a bald head and deep voice, Leitto is a super-agile parkour expert with unlimited stamina. In trouble with the gang, Lino is double-crossed and imprisoned against his will with his girlfriend held hostage. In the meantime, the gang has gotten their hands on a bomb which they intend to launch into Detroit if their demands are not met. The solution? Send in Paul Walker who plays the exact same character in the Fast and Furious Franchise (A Cop with a vendetta and a forgettable name), to diffuse the bomb. Coincidence! Paul Walker has a vendetta against RZA. Coincidence! Thanks to that massive spoiler scene, most of the audience knows what the bomb is actually for (hint hint: Robocop 3) thus negating the climatic twist. Coincidence! We all know that Paul Walker will team up with our Anti-Hero the same way he has done with Vin Diesel's character in Fast and Furious franchise. Not big surprise. So with all these predictable story points, any revelation or twist is rendered ineffective. There is no surprise and neither is there much wit to the narrative. A faithful remake of the french action film "DISTRICT 13", this movie wastes its actors by typecasting them in overly familiar roles and stereotypes. Paul Walker is Brian O'Connor with a different name. RZA is the typical African American quirky gangster boss. Lino is just there for the parkour. The female characters are just eye candy. On the flip side, BRICK MANSIONS plays safe by giving audiences what they expect. Light on plot or characterisation, but heavy on action. From one fast paced chase to another, from frantic fights to perilous parkour stunts, the action pace never lets up and never gets bogged down by too much talking. The stunts are the true highlight of this movie, having been purportedly performed without stuntmen or visual effects. Director Camille Delamare brings a rapid hand-held, yet reasonably steady, style to his camera-work. He pulls back on the close-ups to feature the action in its full shot glory with minimal cuts. Essentially exactly like his work on DISTRICT 13. Some say that BRICK MANSIONS was an unnecessary remake. It is at its core DISTRICT 13 re-shot in Canada in English language. To me it is a fun little romp; one of those movies where the brain does no work. Just one action scene to the next, one eye candy to the next, barely held together by a contrived story that ends so laughably.

jeffreyliberty OK everyone repeat with me ... "NO MORE SUPER SHAKY GRAINY CAM". This is nothing but a cheap way to try and do action scenes and it takes us back almost 100 years in technical expertise and film making.The only thing worse is the fake confetti explosions.What are they doing, making these films 8 frames a second digitally so there is less detail and easier to hide mistakes? The action scenes no longer have to be acted out because they are so shaky and grainy you can't see anything and only get a headache.Old Godzilla films are far more professional looking.If this is to be stopped we all need to make a big stink about it.