Yamakasi
Taste attributes: actioncrimedramadetectivemafia/gangsterunsavouryheavylineargrittyenclosedemotionally undemandingcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evil
Boxlist takeA weighty crime drama that is intimate, dark and rough-edged. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score
Quality rating
6.0 /10
TMDB · 426 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Yamakasi in the US right now.
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Canal+
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
