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.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Malik Diouf, Yann Hnautra, Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke
Directed & Produced by: Luc Besson, Luc Besson, Yann Hervé, Ariel Zeitoun, Virginie Besson-Silla
Release date: 4/4/2001
Running time: 90 minutes
IMDb Rating: 5.9/10 by 325 users