Cert 15
91 mins
BBFC advice: Contains strong violence
You have to hand it to David Belle, his abilities in free running/parkour are amazing.
The way he manages to leap off buildings, run up walls and slip his body into the tightest of tight spots is without equal.
And the opening sequences of Brick Mansions, which feature him in full flow, sharpened my appetite for more.
Sadly, Camille Delamare's film fails to live up to the anticipation created by its first few minutes.
Thereafter, the action is less taut, the storyline is absurd, the dialogue is cliched and there isn't a moment's acting in 90 minutes.
Brick Mansions was Paul Walker's last before his death last year.
Walker has been feted in Hollywood but, while not wishing to write ill of the dead, this film only serves to reflects his stereotype.
Here he plays an undercover cop who teams up with doo-gooder Belle to try see off the crime lord (RZA) who runs a no-go area in Detroit.
Meanwhile, while they scrap in the netherworld, the city's mayor (Bruce Ramsay) is cooking up a plan which will see the area demolished.
"Never mind the plot, what about the chases," could well be Brick Mansions motto because that is all fans of Belle and Walker will care about.
Sadly, the first scenes are the only ones which are out of the ordinary.
And that is probably why I watched it, while sitting on my own in Showcase Cinema, Forester's Park, Derby, last night.
Laughs: none
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 3.5/10