Rent Yamakasi (2001)
3.2 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
The Yamakasi are seven. Seven young people of the suburbs who have developed their own discipline: the art of motion. The city has become their sports ground. By acting like "Spiderman" on buildings, they soon became urban legends whom the youngsters look up to. Each of them has its own special skill: Rocket (Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke) runs as fast as a rocket, Spider climbs walls like the animal, Baseball (Châu Belle Dinh) is a great pitcher...One day, a young boy, Djamel (Nassim Faid), and his friends play at being a Yamakasi, but due to weak heart conditions, he faints while climbing. Djamel needs to have a heart transplant in 24 hours. Yamakasi feel responsible for the boy, and then they decide to steal from the rich to give back to the poor... - Actors:
- Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Malik Diouf, Yann Hnautra, Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke, Charles Perrière, Laurent Piemontesi, Maher Kamoun, Bruno Flender, Amel Djemel, Afida Tahri, Abdelkrim Bahloul, Nassim Faid, Pascal Léger, Frédéric Pellegeay, Gerald Morales, Jacques Hansen, Chloé Flipo, Perkins, Jean-Pierre Germain
- Directors:
- Ariel Zeitoun, Julien Seri
- Producers:
- Virginie Besson-Silla
- Writers:
- Luc Besson, Philippe Lyon, Julien Seri, Charles Perrière
- Aka:
- Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes
- Studio:
- Deltamac
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (1) of Yamakasi
Laughably poor - Yamakasi review by Alphaville
It’s hard to believe how poorly made this French film is, especially with Luc Besson involved. Everything about it – plot, acting, direction, editing – is a mess. It’s about 7 young nonentities who climb buildings and ignore the law. The cops are ridiculously Keystone and can’t catch them. The camerawork and editing are all over the place. And if you’re thinking the parkour stunts will at least be worth watching, forget it. The action is minimal and the stunts are fudged by judicious edits. If you want to see a thrilling parkour film watch Tracers or District 13.
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