Astonishingly accomplished debut feature that combines Hitchcockian suspense with a showdown whose unflinching attitude to violence will pin you to the seat.
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04/01/06
13 Tzameti (2006)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:53
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: This starkly minimalist nail-biter of a thriller relentlessly builds up the tension and keeps the audience guessing.
Theatrical Release:06-01-2006
Synopsis: Twenty-two-year-old Sebastien (Georges Babluani) leads an impoverished life with his immigrant family constantly struggling to support them. While repairing the roof of a neighbor's house, he... [More]
Starring: George Babluani, Jean Pascal Bongard, Aurelien Recoing, Fred Ulysse
Director: Géla Babluani
Reviews for 13 Tzameti
Top CriticA thriller of starkly economic proportions.
01/14/06
Top CriticAn impressive debut by Georgian film-maker Gela Babluani - this is a beautifully shot, intensely gripping thriller that starts slowly but builds to a terrifically tense climax.
01/14/06
The terrible game of life is boiled down to its essentials in this new film from 26-year-old Georgian director Gela Babluani, who makes a stunning debut with what might yet become a classic.
01/14/06
Top CriticThe Babluanis are brothers to pay attention to.
09/21/06
...a tight, focussed suspense film...forcefully direct and simple...
08/10/06
"13 Tzameti" has you on the edge of your seat with a story that throws unexpected punches at every corner.
01/19/07
That calmness -- and the work of both Babluani brothers is weirdly stilled and mature, already devoid of the need to show off -- serves only to thicken the horror.
08/07/06
an impressively noirish moral fable that, for all its bleakness, offers ample rewards to those willing to take a chance on it.
07/02/07
While Hostel reeked of xenophobia, 13 notes that often the boogeymen are in our own backyards, and that most are within a few paychecks of falling prey to them.
07/27/06
I knew nothing before I saw this film, except I heard it was intense (it is) and a little violent (also true). It's also well made, disturbing, and rather hard to forget.
07/30/07
the most artsy spin on The Most Dangerous Game ever plunked down on the screen.
02/12/07
Takes awhile to establish where it's going, but it's powered by a kind of sick dread.
10/26/06
'13' has no facile moralizing or preachiness, and that objectivity -- reinforced by daring technique -- makes for an absorbing film.
07/23/06
The central betting game makes up for the contrived pretensions of trying to make it look like a black and white classic.
08/04/06
The resulting jolts add up to one unforgettably surreal nightmare.
07/28/06
Possibly the greatest French sports film ever made!
08/04/06
13 Tzameti is certainly nightmarish, but it's the kind of nightmare that fades instead of lingering on in the memory.
08/05/06
An intense and claustrophobic thriller.
04/26/06
Top CriticShot in black and white, '13' maintains a strong disconsolate tone, one in which the world feels barren and uncaring.
04/10/06
Latest News for 13 Tzameti
January 14, 2009:
13 Is Chriqui's Lucky Number 
Emmanuelle Chriqui has joined the cast of "13," the "13 Tzameti" remake that also stars Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham, 50 Cent, Ray Winstone, Ben Gazzara, and Alex Skarsgard. More...
October 21, 2008:
Statham and Rourke Starring in 13 Tzameti Remake
Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, and 50 Cent have signed on to star in Gela Babluani's "13," a remake of the director's own French-language film "13 Tzameti." More...
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