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The movie is set in a dystopian near-future, where Paris has been transformed into a heavily fortified and surveilled city. The once-vibrant neighborhoods have been replaced by sterile, high-tech districts, while the marginalized and impoverished communities are relegated to the outskirts. District 13, a sprawling housing project on the outskirts of Paris, has become a hotbed of crime and social unrest.

Luc Besson’s script, co-written with Bibi Naceri, argues that the wall works both ways. It keeps the crime in, but it also keeps the oppression out. Leïto’s fight is not just against Taha; it’s against the system that built the wall in the first place. However, the film never gets bogged down in lecture. It delivers its social commentary with a flying kick to the face. district b13 -2004-

'Brick Mansions' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette with Paul Walker The movie is set in a dystopian near-future,

Set in a dystopian near-future (the year 2010), the government has failed to control crime in the impoverished suburbs of Paris. To contain the violence, they construct massive isolation walls topped with barbed wire around the worst ghettos, including the notorious . Inside the walls, schools and hospitals are closed, and gangs rule absolutely. Luc Besson’s script, co-written with Bibi Naceri, argues