Yamakasi (2001)

Strong and Moving!

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie had a good plot : what can we do to save a life without being an outlaw? In the movie, basically it's said that either you are rich and live or you are poor and you have to steal to survive. 2h of pursuit between the group of self-called "yamakasi" (the good ones who act illegally sometimes) and the police (the bad ones who act legally most of the time). The dichotomy is unfortunately not more subtle. The battle between the robbers and the police. Nothing new. I found that the major problem of that movie, or rather the main reason why I feel I've just wasted 2hours of my time, is that it raises more questions (not difficult ones...) than it gives answers - not in a philosophical attempt to make people think. When a hero saves a child, I like the hero to be likable, and the characters in the movie are complete jerks (the yamakasi and the police alike). The thing is although I have nothing against a movie which expose how our whole system is badly made and how stupid the police is, I find irritating when a group behaves violently and think they're cool (the movie is made so that the youth in France think well of the yamakasi characters although they act violently). More importantly maybe, they had the chance to offer a new look on Paris ghettos (the movie takes place in Paris, I'm from Paris myself and the characters are from the well-known little ghettos here) and it was just a lot of "clichés", so there again nothing new.The movie could have been much more than what it simply is : an okay action movie. Don't expect anything else. Oh, as far as the movie as an art, there are a few enjoyable and well-filmed scenes, especially since the main actors are very good sportsmen and practice "parkour".

I loved Yamakasi. The adventure was almost non-stop. I wish they would have sent it to theaters in the U.S. It would have been cool to see it on the big screen. I wonder if they could make an American version of it or something. That would be cool. Scaling buildings and saving lives. That's some movie. Anyway...here's a short summary of the film...The Yamakasi are a group of city jumpers in France that happen to get into a pickle when a young boy with a heart condition tries to mimic them. The family of the boy cannot afford the heart transplant and the Yamakasi are forced to take the situation into their own hands.Sorry, I don't want to spoil the film for you. It's enough to make you want to see it isn't it? Well, I hope you enjoy Yamakasi as much as I did. Thanks for reading my review.

Its 2004 and barely arrived to Mexico's video rental clubs.Sincerily the main attraction was that Luc Beson wrote the story so I decided to give it a chance.It pictures very good the actual situation of developed countries such as France and USA, with a fast growing population of poor people... (Need to see it to understand this issue)And also it has terrific action, which thrills the viewer without any use or abuse of fancy visual effects and/or sexual or deathly violence.They say every movie represents a Fairytale, this would be a combination of Robin Hood with Les Miserables.Well, never mind my words, just see for yourself.

Although i do not understand French, this movie has the ability to show that performing crazy stunts CAN be done without the use of Special effects and computer animations. This movie makes SPIDER-MAN and the MATRIX look realistic and without the millions of dollars used to actually make the visual effects.Rating 10/10