See this film series: "International Asskicking! Repertory Series" @ the Brattle

Is Hollywood being outclassed by foreign filmmakers in what it has always done best - kicking ass? So one might conclude from the films showcased in the Brattle Theatre's "International Asskicking! Repertory Series," starting Thursday, August 2. In Pierre Morel's District B13 (2004; 3:30 + 7:30 pm), the Paris of the future has been walled-off, Escape from New York-style, and left to the criminals. But when the sister of one of the few law-abiding citizens is kidnapped, he joins up with a super lawman and - kicks ass! It screens with Chilean director Ernesto Díaz Espinoza's semi-spoof Mirageman (2007; 5:30 + 9:30 pm), in which a martial arts expert, traumatized by the murder of his family, gets an unexpected opportunity to exact payback, and - kicks ass! The Brattle is at 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | $9.75; $7.75 students; $6.75 seniors | 617.876.6837 or brattlefilm.org.