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- Parkour expert Jesse La Flair breaks down parkour scenes from movies and TV, including 'Casino Royale,' 'Ong-Bak,' 'Hawaii Five-0,' 'The Office' and 'District B13.'
Check out Jesse's website:
www.HowToBecomeAStuntman.com
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Gutted you didn't react to the part of the chase in Ong Bak where Tony Jaa slides under the jeep. That stunt is wild!
Thank you for the video! You should do some with the corridor crew guys!
@@seantomuri6672 he wasn't really about the ong bak at all... except for the flips! That ninja slide he does is sweet though
Thank you man for choosin district 13 and specially savin it to de end
Thank you.!
Would lovee to see a part two.(=
Actually Scot Atkins mentioned this in one of his GQ breakdowns: Tony Jaa trained to do his moves without wires because he grew up with Chinese martial arts movies thinking that the flying stunts were done without wires. So in order to achieve the same he actually trained till the point where he almost had the ability to do alot of these jumps naturally
Same with Dom tomato
@@sadmermaid dom is simply unnatural lmao
Jaa is freakily athletic for sure
One of the things I LOVE about the Casino Royale scene is that they clearly show you someone who is practiced, and excellent, at parkour/freerunning, aaaand then they give the contrast of Bond who, in these films, is more of a brute; "a blunt instrument" as M puts it. And is actually really bad at making the jumps and maneuvers. I like to think Bond is 1/2 using his training, and 1/2 trying to mimic what the other guy is doing, so he can keep up.
I'm rambling, I just love the contrast; the "villain" is far superior to the "hero" in this sequence, and it's great.
The best part of that sequence that illustrates your thought is when then the "Bad guy/expert" does that up-leap through the tiny opening at the top of the wall, and Bond just brute forces THROUGH the wall. I love that every time I watch this film.
@@joshp3994 🤣🤣 yes! I love that moment!
@@joshp3994 lol you made me just remember a scene inJohnny English 2 when he's going after that asian boy 🤣
Yea I really liked that contrast too, even more clearly shown when bond gets to the compound and is immediately back in his element, sneaking, clearing rooms, improvising etc. the roles kind of reverse, to where bond is no longer struggling just to keep up and the runner has nowhere left to run
Yes! Obviously with movies you’re supposed to suspend your disbelief but past Bond films were like “wow this guy can do anything/everything” and with Casino Royale you see him as less super human and more grounded. He gets bloody, he gets bruised, he knows sweet FA about parkour and I love the clumsy slips here and there to show he’s slightly out of his depth.
Shoutout to all the stunt doubles out there. They really don't get the credit they deserve.
But they get money for having fun - I think that's not bad at all.
@@Ex4_ I feel like their job involves enough danger to counter-act the fun aspect alone.
@@JG124_ But the danger is what makes it fun. Maybe I'm just a dare devil, but I'd switch jobs with them any time.
Ex4mp1e nah man, people rarely care about the stunt crew. To the main crew their usually nothing more than disposable background guys that get barely any of the care that they need
They get to be in movies and meet stars and get paid to do what they love and travel the world 😂😂
About time you get Jackie Chan on to break down Jackie Chans body breaking down in Jackie Chan movies.
There is a Cantonese version of said video. He talks about all the bones he broke and all his crazy injuries
Harvey Kent can you send a link?
@@konnihanka217 not the link of the cantonese video, but this is funny czcams.com/video/1EU9NNomTGM/video.html
That's because Jackie Chan is 👌 jk, that would actually be awesome
MY GOD YES
This man was destined for parkour with the name Jesse La Flair, that or Flamenco dancing
hahahaha 💃
I would argue he could lead a high-school glee choir
I went to college with him and he used to run on top of the buildings, Im so unsurprised he is the expert here
it also sounds like a potential pro wrastlin name ha
Hahahaha this is an amazing comment
Tony Jaa is a freaking menance - He does all the stunts himself and mostly without wires. What a Champ! Ong Bak, The Protector are awesome movies
@Cyberdemon Mike wtf ong bak rules
1000% agree
Yeah Jaa is flat out nuts. Dude didn't realize that people were doing this type of thing with wires and assists, he just thought you should be able to do this type of insanity on your own so he trained to do it unassisted.
I confirm, no wire on Ong Bak. I've seen the making of years ago and Tony Jaa did all that legit. Glad to see Ong Bak and Banlieue 13, finally movies I've seen in breakdowns
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Loved all the Ong Baks. Tony Jaa is a fantastic martial artist and performer. Glad to see someone else knew that he didn't use wires (in at least the first Ong Bak) and did all his own stunts.
Ong Bak one is still my favourite martial arts movie
Tony Jaa used to have display some of his techniques, including him running on the shoulders of a group of guys
He is the shnitz! Everybody should see these movies.
In district b13 they allude to the fact that Lito (David belle) has made and planned out an escape route if his place was ever raided. Remember he tells the crime boss he will always be one step ahead of him. He planned that rope to be there and u can assume the whole run he had previously planned for a quick escape
That's what I had assumed when I watched it
You are exactly right. He knew the whole neighbourhood like the back of his hand. This is clearly implied many times in the movie.
Which honestly just makes it all the more realistic. It wasn't on-the-fly ninja-running through hallways he had never seen before, it was running through a course that he (Lito, not just Belle) had practiced thoroughly
nvr2late666 yep just like how we make our own lines in parkour and practice them till it is perfect
Without having watched the movie, that is what I was thinking logically - all those were his escape route all along. No way I'd jump out to a random rope hanging off a building.
The guy acting Ong Bak, Tony Jaa is a legit Muay Thai fighter. He does his own stunts legitimately. And yes for the movies he does he is intentionally showing off, because he is that athletic. Go watch the full movie. It's amazing
I love how with Ong-Bak, he's so genuinely conflicted on whether he should think Tony Jaa's stunts are utterly ridiculous or genuinely impressive, and how he's gradually more like "this is really impractical and silly... but like, it's pretty sick tho"
The Casino Royale parkour chase is still one of my favourite movie scenes of all time. Not only were the stunts and action astonishing, but it was also mad cool how they illustrated the contrast between Bond and the bomb maker guy. Bond relies on brute strength and speed, while the bad guy has so much finesse. Blows my mind to watch every time.
Tony Jaa running on the gangs shoulders was definitely done without wires. He does this live at some NBA halftime performances.
Tony Jaa used to think the stunts in the old hong kong movies were real when they actually used wires. And he wanted to do that too. So he actually learned how to jump like this without wires. This dude is insane
One actor that almost never used wires (when he was young) that Tony Jaa referred to was : Jackie Chan
0:04 My man came straight outta the game vector with those shins
I'd love to hear you talk about parkour/free running in games. Assassin's Creed, Mirror's Edge, Dying Light, Watch Dogs, etc. It would be really interesting to see how plausible or realistic you'd deem them, how practical and maybe have you give a ranking as to which best represents the art form.
Also, if you ever get invited back for a part 2, I'd love to see your take on Hardcore Henry and the remake of B13...Brick Mansions.
Tony Jaa has done the "heads walk" live at a press conference :) Definitely no wires!
I can tell you that Tony Jaa whose in Ong Bak doesn't use a stunt double, wires or CG effects. What you see is him doing all these stunts.
Ive never heard of this Ong-Bak movie before, but those clips were really sick. I love the low-budget practical effects that asian movies come up with. It really forces them to be creative and push the limits of their actors.
So, did you watch them?
Did you !!??😂
Dude’s really eloquent...enjoyed his breakdown
I did long and triple jump in high school. the back motion you talk about with the legs is something we do before throwing everything forward to get maximum distance. we don't have to worry about landing safely on an object at height. we only focus on getting as far as possible. for distance jumping his technique is pretty good. for jumping onto an object at height and maintaining balance... not so much.
I think the whole point of the Casino Royals one is that Bond isn't skilled in Parkour, and thus his jumps etc. Aren't/shouldn't be good technique or 'correct'.
Steven Roberts other sciences were more like parkour vs brute force like running through the wall
That odd arching your back whine jumping sort of movement is a long jumping technique. It’s very good at launching your body further, but it’s obviously not ideal when you’re trying to land safely on some sort of ledge.
The setting for District B13 makes sense for David Belle's Character, who controls the building he is fleeing through, to place ropes, the little stick in the open skylight, and small box stacks in places so that he can move through fluently. I mean he did just flush a mob bosses dope.
This guy is so extreme that he puts an X in 'especially'. Xspecially.
Some people actually pronounce it that way...and i don't like it.
And Axk
I was going to comment on that but realized he probably just has a speech impediment.
No need to axe him to pretend, he really his that hardcore
@@rabbitshady499 You should axsk them to stop.
tony jaa is a legit guy, hes flexible enough to do his own jumps and stunts, he is accurate and also badass
that wasnt ong-bak
The Clip of Tony Jaa is most definitely Ong-Bak the Mui Thai Warrior its the 1st film
It’s pretty insane that a guy who does stunts hasn’t seen Ong Bak.
I don't, Athletes are Athletes for a reason. You dont, do the stuff he does by sitting in front of a television watching people do the things you want to do.
I never get bored of these 'expert in x looks at movie scenes' videos.
The fact that they didn't include a jackie chan movie is total bs!
Hear hear! I was expecting at least a couple of his. BS indeed.
czcams.com/video/d8u4CEBVq7s/video.html Sorry. I just had to.
Preach
Yep, Jackie Chan popularized parkour more than people give him any credit for
@@Madness-te7dr, thanks!!
He was on Corridor Crew as well. Check out that video!
It was mostly the same clips on there, right? I liked the Corridor Crew version better.
I was lucky enough to do a free running class/experience with Sébastien in London about 8 years ago. It was awesome and he is a really interesting and philosophical guy.
I met him once at the Shell Centre in South Bank around 2005-2006, he just turned up to the PK spot (at least I had no idea he would be there). He was trying to teach me to how to land a cat leap and I remember doing very badly as I had no upper body strength at the time.
Banlieue 13 completely blew my mind with the parkour when I first saw it. Just unreal and beautiful. I have watched it many times. One of my favorite action movies ever.
The Ong Bak review just tells me this guy has never seen Asian street markets. Also, Ong Bak had no wires. If you see their behind the scenes ... it's insane how they practiced, and how serious some of the injuries were.
I disagree here. Street markets are usually way more packed and nowhere near as orderly as this scene, which is the point he was trying to make. You need a controlled environment to do these stunts safely.
8:05 Best imitation for "getting the wind knocked out of you" noise I've ever heard
Watching him giggling about those clips is so satisfying and funny.
It’s so cool. As good as he is, he’s blown away by the coordination involved making his scene.
They should have included the Kingsmen scene. That was legit.
As I remember In B-13 it's where his house is, so he must know if he should trust rope or not...
ya he had set up things in the building for himself why wouldn't ne have a rope set up also
I like how he recognizes that it is meant to be cooky and takes it for what it is and is just yeah it works not practical but works
Oh my God Jesse on The Breakdown! Yaaay!
Hey, if we have more of this (which I'd love), here's a suggestion for the editors: Contrast what he says with some actual clips of him or other athletes doing it so people can understand what a cat leap/precision/roll etc are!
I've heard 'aks' instead of 'ask', but did anybody else notice this guy takes it to a new level - for 'especially' he says 'ekspecially'
I wanna hear how he says "escape"
Yeah so annoying
I hate being THAT guy, but this totally drove me nuts the whole time. I feel like ekspecially is more common but they're both so cringy
Dude...yeah...amazing sports legend, but hearing how he said "ask" or "especially"...so cringe-worthy. Regardless of how well-versed you are in a particular subject, speaking properly is so very important. Or, at least, it should be.
I wonder if he says "ekcetera"
Oh my god my favorite OG Parkour CZcamsr. Jesse inspired me to lose 70 pounds when I was a teenager so that I could have more freedom to climb around and jump off things like him.
I love listening to experts describe things I only understand on the most basic level. This is fantastic. So very nuanced.
This is amazing!! Best part of the video is when he reacts and critique himself in a show
This man adds an "x" to so many words that don't have an "x" in them.
xxxxxactly
its called an accent dude, chill.
I mean, it's not his fault for having an accent/dialect
@@alexs4849 Saying "exspecially" is not an accent. That's just incorrect pronunciation of the word especially.
@@alexs4849 that's not an accent, it's lazy English.
Ive been walking since I was 2. I consider myself a "verteran practitioner of movement"
LMAO 😂
A bit late to start walking, buddy.
It took you 2 years to start walking? Were you dropped on your head at birth?
I loved the longer deeper analysis, one o the best of these yet
awesome video. the info about behind-the-scenes aspects (like biting a GoPro) were especially fascinating
I love that you looked at the Bond parkour sequence. The best part for me is because of your breakdown, I really paid attention to the difference between the parkour master and Bond who just brute-forced the whole thing. All of the issues you had with how Bond handled it or all in character for Bond.
David bell is amazing. I was waiting to see if district b13 was included I was so happy when it was.
But no Yamakasi :(
Man the whole way through I was expecting District B13 and then you did the Office and I thought oh no, maybe they haven't heard of it... or they'll use Brick Mansions instead of D B13. Absolutely iconic film. First time I'd seen parkour that wasn't a grainy phone camera video, and the quantity and quality of the parkour in D. B13 is off the hook!
This was so cool!! I loved learning more about parkour and have added Banlieue 13 to my Prime watchlist! Please bring Jesse back again if possible!
Jesse La Flair: "It's so impractical that his shin bones aren't just sticking out of his knees..."
Also Jesse La Flair: *does front flip to rail precision onto his shins into a front full...*
Never seen domtomato huh
@@jofunin3680 I've met both these fine gentlemen at (B)EAST Coast.
22:40 my man just hit the fastest dab
Man, I thought I would've saw Rumble in The Bronx on the list. Jackie Chan has done some wild things over the years.
Or *any* Jackie Chan movies!
I wanna see a second episodes where he breaks down youtube parkour fails !
All of Ong-bak's stunts were practically done with minimal or no wires. that's the reason why they do multiple angle repeats in the editing. I watched that movie way too many times.
Wouldn't it be expecially cool to meet this guy, maybe axe him some questions?
Bravo! By far the best breakdown I have ever seen on this channel.
I really wanted to see a reaction to the 6 Underground movie parkour scenes, but the video was still very informative! Good job!
it s storror
This was fantastic. I was hoping they would show 6 Underground. Maybe next time.
He follows the Joey Tribbiani school of pronunciation:
"So Joey, you want to go to the zoo? ... EXPECIALLY!"
Ha! I noticed that too - EXPECIALLY ! Sounds like he's in 2nd grade and he's gonna have a 'sammich' for lunch.
“Suppozably”
he mispronounces "route" as "rout". definitely a yank.
@UCyPHjkXkqoVOhKq-MlahJWQ you're an idiot
6:15 Have you guys played that early VR game where you go up in an elevator, and then basically "walk the plank"?? My friend and I found an old board that was the same width to stand on and balance across the room. When you're looking around, you know it's not real, but your body freaks out so much. And jumping off the plank for the fall, you know in your head that the ground's only 2inches away, but every fiber of your body is telling you not to jump. And when you do, you land on the floor, but in your vision you're still falling and it's such a shock to feel the floor beneath you. It's honestly one of the trippiest things I've ever done.
This was so cool to stumble across, La Flair is my favorite on Ultimate Tag!
Haven’t finished it but hopefully that scene of The Office when they did “parkour” he reacts to it just for some comedic if not a Jackie Chan stunt reaction would be cool also
THIS
He’s already done one with Corridor Digital
They did that on Corridor Digital and it triggered him haha he legitimately found it offensive. Which made me laugh, you have be pretty thin skinned to be offended at The Office.
"its amazing how his shin bones are intact" let's not forget Jesse Laflaor is renowned in the parkour community for being an idiot who jumps directly onto his shins all the time lmfao
But little did you know Jesse has bionic shins implants which help to give him more flair and a creative flip style.
@@MrNyathi1 And I'm *sure* you didn't have to google the word "troglodyte"
@@romabrii 🤦♂️
Explaining these stunt videos is so cool.
Man, District B13 was one of my fav movie with parkour growing up, I was so impressed as I have never seen something like that before
Takers should've been here. Chris did an amazing job on that.
Agreed... But personality politics are a real deal breaker 😕
I almost forgot that I wanted a breakdown of this....…
Thank You GQ!
33:30 It looks like for that roof gap, the crew clear the gravel on the roof for the runup so he'd have better traction.
I'm proud to have been a student of Jesse La Flair
I watched Yamakasi about 20 years ago now and got hooked immediately!
Can't believe Jessie didn't talk about his amazing Double Kong in Hawaii Five 0
Did GQ watch CorridorCrew and say "Lets just do exactly that"
Exactly what I was thinking. They’ll have they’re own stuntmen react soon.
Yes!!!! I was hoping you’d review District B13! You gotta pay homage to the great David Belle and the film, that at least for me, introduced me to the sport!
I think I'm addicted to these break downs.
So you know, Tony Jaa doesn’t use wires, or stunt doubles. He’s just that amazing lol
15:30 Ong-Bak was done without wires or CGI.
I SO wish that Parkour and Freerunning had been around when I was growing up. I would have definitely gotten into it.
District B13 blew my mind when I saw it. Amazing stunts.
Ong Bak is one of the greatest martial arts movies of all time. Tony Jaa is the man.
I mean, acknowledging that the parkour guy did the jump right and James Bond didn't...that's kinda the point, no? Bond isn't an expert, he's just balls to the wall with no regard for his own safety, I imagine him performing the jump improperly was intentional, expecially(hehe) since they proved seconds earlier they know how it should be performed.
kyu2o 33 I think the point in that was to show us the difference between doing it properly and showing us what the improper technique looks like. Not necessarily picking it apart, rather showing us examples
I think the point was that they even did that. They just could have made James replicate the jump the artist did but they showed what could happen when he overshoots, makes mistakes that normal people would do etc. Its great if actions in movies have actual consequences.
@@silentlamb21 but he wouldnt catch the bad guy you know, also in every single parkour chase the protagonist some how teleports behind the bad guy or else they would have been long gone
Hahahaha 13:29 I lol'ed so much hearing him explain the second guy dipping his head into oil
Good point
always a thumbs up for Jesse!
I was hoping you would include 6 Underground
SUPER disappointed that you guys didn’t have any Jackie Chan clips 😔😔
Great video! Thanks
This is amazing! At the 24:30 clip, I know the exact restaurant you were jumping towards while going rail to rail! I went there on my vacation to Hawaii lol
shoutout to Corridor Digital for making me aware of this guy and the incredible stunts he's done himself!
This was super interesting, even by the normally high standard for these.
I really enjoyed his commentary and humor, good choice for the vid :)
I’m so happy that you showed him the office
I love how he starts off going "this is so ridiculous" but then slowly starts realizing Tony Jaa is king
It's a mixture of both lol, like "I mean it's sick/unrealistic/sick"
It is ridiculous.
In the scene where Tony Jaa (Ong-Bak) ran across the shoulders and heads of a group of bad guys was a practical stunt. Tony and his team has demonstrated that stunt several times on various TV shows.
This was SO cool to watch, I love it when the experts are actually part of the scene they are reviewing and can give insider info, like how they forgot the gopro. When watching that episode everything happened so quick, I would have never noticed
Ong Bak is a classic! Wasn't expecting it to be on here
Is this the same guy that did a parkour "stuntman reacts" with Corridor Crew recently? He looks familiar and the clips are similar.
yes he is!! glad i am not the only one who noticed!
La Flair is one of the more famous Traceurs, so he is referenced a lot in different media. He is currently (on hold atm, I am pretty sure) on a really awesome show called "Ultimate Tag." I actually got to meet him at one of his tour destinations here in Michigan. He's a cool guy! I actually started learning Parkour with his online tutorials.
Really wish they made him review 6 underground, as they had storror do that
tony ja in ong bak did the running on people in the theater on the opening of the movie. 1st try no wires, you might have had to take multiple takes to get it done he proved real time he is totally legitimately able to run on people who let him and are ready.
I love the last movie, super happy your hit it!!