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Aug 4, 2024, 2:18:02 PM8/4/24
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Thereis a limit to how far down you can jump and land on your feet and not break an ankle. Well, isn't there? I ask because these limits don't seem to apply to the cops who are the heroes of "District 13: Ultimatum." Nor, incredibly, do they apply to the bad cops who chase them across the rooftops of Paris while burdened with full SWAT team uniforms, including bulletproof vests. There isn't a single character who lands bad and then limps away.

I know, I know. It's all done with special effects. Yes, but -- well, see the movie. The height of a jump can be exaggerated by oblique camera angles and lenses. Hong Kong experts use wires and trampolines. Hollywood sidesteps the issue by editing so quickly no physical movement is ever quite entirely seen. Yes. But consider that the co-star of "District 13" is a 35-year-old Frenchman named David Belle, famed as the man who named parkour, which is "the art of flight." This is a hot modern martial art. Not only do the shots look convincing, not only are they held long enough to allow us to see an entire action, but Belle in real life does a version of this stuff.


The stuff is what intrigues me. The screenplay is another of the countless works of Luc Besson, who is the most productive person in modern action movies. It's a sequel to his 2004 film in which a walled-off segment of Paris in 2010 was run by black, white, Asian and Arab warlords, with a fifth one left over I couldn't categorize. There is a plot within a crooked high-level security agency to destroy the district and rebuild it. This massive work will be accomplished by the corporation that has bribed them, named Harriburton, which does not remind you of anything, of course.


The president of the French Republic is not in on the scheme. He believes in liberty, equality, fraternity and the constitution, which would make him unpopular with Harriburton. Anyway, after they luckily see a citizen video showing bad cops murdering good cops and blaming it on gangs in District 13, it's up to Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) and Leito (David Belle) to single-handedly stop the evil scheme.


This they do in many ways, but mostly by running away. Parkour is the "art of flight," you recall. So they grab incriminating tapes and computer drives, the bad cops want to catch them, and this leads to the real point of the movie, which is as one might expect one chase scene after another. These actors are clearly in superb physical shape. I'm not going to believe they actually do all these stunts, but I believe we clearly see them doing parts of them, which all by themselves would be awesome.


They leap, fall, tumble, twist, climb up and down walls and buildings, swing from wires, slide down wires and have an alarming eagerness to jump out of buildings without knowing what is below. (Luckily, there are nice comfy landing spots like the roofs of cars.) At one point, after Damien comes home to his girlfriend (Sophie Ducasse), he complains he feels "stiff." Ha. This man needs an Intensive Care Unit. Still, the parkour motto is "tre et duress," which means "to be and to endure," or in other words not to get yourself killed, or twist an ankle.


If anyone is going to persuade fanboys to attend a movie with French subtitles, that man is Luc Besson. They'll catch on that Besson, working without enormous budgets and A-list stars, knows what he's doing. A movie like "District 13: The Ultimatum" might be as preposterous as the lame "From Paris With Love," but it delivers the goods. You want an action movie where you can see that the actors are really there, and not concealed by editing that looks like someone fed the film through an electric fan? Here's your movie. For that matter, although the characters indeed speak French, they don't talk much, and sometimes the SWAT teams use English they learned from cop movies, like "Go! Go! Go!"


My mother and I spent Thanksgiving with my sister and her family this year, which is always a treat because she has three kids, all of whom are delightful weirdos like us. My 7-year-old nephew had just seen The Mighty Ducks for the first time two days prior, which of course meant he was ready to watch it again.


2. It's insane the Anaheim Ducks still reject the original Mighty Ducks jerseys as their official throwback uniform. The players would love it, diehard hockey fans would love it, and *especially* casual fans would love it. Bring it back! Ducks fly together!


I was happy to oblige him. I hadn\u2019t seen any of these movies since I was basically his age, and after all, we\u2019re talking about a cinematic achievement so monumental that Disney founded and named an actual NHL team after it just one year later.*


This film is not quite as I recalled it.** I remembered Gordon Bombay, of course, but I did not realize that he was forced to coach youth hockey because he\u2026got a DUI? Seems a bit dark, but things were different back in 1992. And I suppose it makes sense when you consider that the screenwriter named the character after his two favorite brands of gin. (Bombay isn\u2019t exactly a great guy either; this whole initial coaching strategy is focused on taking dives, drawing penalties, and faking injuries.)


I think we all remember The Mighty Ducks as a story about a gang of loveable losers who defy the odds by coming together and believing in themselves. Which is only partially true. Yes, Bombay eventually shakes off his demons and becomes a real coach, and yes, the Ducks (a team named after Bombay\u2019s soulless lawyer boss in an attempt at atonement) eventually start winning some games. But they wouldn\u2019t have won the championship\u2014or even made the playoffs, probably\u2014if not for some fortuitous redistricting!***


Narratively speaking, this kinda comes out of nowhere. Bombay learns from his mentor one day that \u201Cone little thing has changed\u201D regarding their little league districts: \u201CThey redrew the district lines last year. The lake is not the boundary anymore.\u201D And after some light offscreen research, Bombay discovers that the best player on the best team\u2014that would be Adam Banks of the District 6 Hawks\u2014should actually be playing for the District 5 Ducks.


This is awfully convenient and even kinda lame for the plot of a children\u2019s movie, but I think it\u2019s pretty great as a teaching tool. Yes, kids, sports teams usually do need some help and some luck to be successful. That\u2019s just how the game goes. But also, you\u2019re never too young to learn about political corruption, right?


Not only is Bombay surprised to learn about the league redistricting, the mean ol\u2019 Hawks coach is flabbergasted as well. When the league officials approach him and tell him that Banks is ineligible for his team, he thinks it\u2019s a joke, and then he\u2019s furious. Is he lying to cover up the fact that he knew Banks is ineligible? It sure doesn\u2019t seem like it, but it\u2019s possible. Even if we give him the benefit of the doubt, it\u2019s clear that the league didn\u2019t make any attempt to inform coaches and players of the redistricting and enforce this new change at the beginning of the season. Banks should\u2019ve gotten a letter in the mail at least! Seems to me like the league wanted to continue propping up its dynastic world-beaters by withholding information.


But it gets even worse. Bombay\u2019s lawyer boss cuts a deal with the league that will allow Banks to remain in District 6 and play with the Hawks this season.**** Heck, this deal even stipulates that the district lines will be redrawn again the following season to go back to how they were.***** Of course, being the hero that he is, Bombay refuses\u2014he loses his job, but he gains a greater purpose.


A compelling plot twist? Maybe not. But it\u2019s a great opportunity to show children how the real world works! You see, kids, everything in this country is determined by maps, which were somewhat arbitrarily drawn centuries ago, and within those maps there are other maps, and those smaller maps determine how political power is doled out from state to state, and sometimes the people in power manipulate those maps to stay in power and there\u2019s nothing you can do about it. Now let\u2019s get out there and play some hockey!


*I almost dedicated the whole newsletter to this factoid because it absolutely blows my mind. Can you imagine if this happened today? The cultural and financial equivalent would be like\u2026Warner Bros. buying an NBA expansion team and naming them the Seattle Super-Pets. There would be pandemonium.


**I also didn\u2019t expect to recognize so many of these child actors, like Joshua Jackson before Dawson\u2019s Creek or Marguerite Moreau before Wet Hot American Summer or Elden Henson before Daredevil.


Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine, is a musician turned politician who is the current leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and the People Power Movement. Bobi was born in Mpigi District in Uganda on Feb. 12, 1982. He grew up in the Kamwokya slums in the northeast part of Kampala. His mother was a nurse, and his father was a veterinarian and farmer.


In 2013, Barbie founded Caring Hearts Uganda, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that seeks to champion development projects in rural areas, prioritizing health care, maternity, education and sanitary programs. The NGO supports empowering leadership in girls through HIV/AIDS eradication, menstrual hygiene instruction, and continuing education, teaching traditional Ugandan values while encouraging girls to stay in school. In the community, the NGO has extended entrepreneurship skills to teen mothers for personal development and sustainability.

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