Parkour Expert Rates 9 Parkour Stunts In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Parkour athlete and stunt performer Lorena Abreu rates nine parkour stunts in movies and TV, such as "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "Casino Royale," for realism.
Abreu breaks down the fundamentals of parkour in "Casino Royale" (2006), "Tracers" (2015), and "The Bourne Ultimatum" (2007), starring Matt Damon. She critiques the techniques and efficiency of parkour moves in "Alice in Borderland" (2020) and "The Book of Boba Fett" (2021). She also explores the history of parkour in "Yamakasi" (2001), "Brick Mansions" (2014), and "The Protector" (1985), starring Jackie Chan. She also discusses how the media has shaped the public perception of parkour in "The Office" (2009).
Abreu has been doing parkour for the past nine years. She has performed for Cirque du Soleil and Universal Studios. She is a member of the parkour team Team Rilla Hops. As a stunt performer, her latest work includes "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" (2022).
You can learn more about Abreu here:
Website: www.lorenaparkour.com/
Instagram: / lorenaparkour
Disclaimer: This video features parkour sequences performed by professionals. Please do not attempt to recreate or reenact any stunt or activity performed in this video.
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[@LorenaAbreu]

Thank you so much for having me, INSIDER! 😭🙌🏽 And thank you the feedback everyone! I just wanna add a few things: - please excuse that dash clip when I said kong! 😂 the editor did an AMAZING job with this video and that’s an easy mixup to make. I am actually SO impressed with how the editor was able to find clips of mine to show other moves that I referred to throughout the video! 😱 - “Step vaults” and “safety’s / safety vaults” are interchangeable terms. Lots of parkour moves have different names depending on where you are in the world (eg cats/ arm jumps, kong/ catpass/ monkey, et al) - a bit was cut out when I said that Jackie Chan was actually a big inspiration to the Yamakasi (from my understanding), which to me, solidifies his legitimacy as at least The Godfather of parkour! haha I just think that’s so cool - in my full explanation of parkour/freerunning, I state that freerunning was originally intended to simply be the English translation for the French word parkour, but over the years, the community began using freerunning to describe creative and non-efficient movement instead. We still tend to use the terms interchangeably, but we generally have an understanding of the distinction between the two I’m so happy with how this video turned out! Thanks again!

[@AntonAdelson]

Hey! I remember watching you back when Callum (prob not Callum, forgot his name) did goku training montage (with rings). Then your team (rilla hops? something like this) dropped out of my radar ages ago. So good to see you still training! You are leeeaaaguues above that early level! Very impressive tech and strength!! To be and to last! ❤❤

[@TheHernic]

Que grande que eres Lorena! Te sigo desde hace muchos años y me encanta tu profesionalismo, carísima y humildad dentro del parkour 💪

[@garlandpeoples9633]

I think what you do is so awesome and you are a great inspiration for alot of boys and girls who might be just getting into parkour. I didn't understand what parkour was until I started watching your videos. I have so much respect for what you do. I can't wait to see what you do next I believe you will have a long successful career. Just be safe in your stunt work and I am a big fan.

[@ebreshea]

Thanks for this! I had originally made a comment but then saw you addressed everything I was going to say. The whole parkour vs. freerunning thing is becoming interesting now that we're seeing lines that are 90% tricking. The "spectrum" as you mentioned is getting broader than ever before.

[@TheMarsuMan]

That was such a great video, I loved all the details you gave and the passion you trasmit. I have a big soft spot for the Yamakasi movie, I remember watching it in the cinema when it came out, and to this day do not understand why I did not start training at that time but waited so long 😀. What is the shoe brand you show to the camera at 12:30? I am still trying to find the perfect pair for my feet (I have the new Ollos, which are great, but they are quite snug for my large feet).

[@christophertaylor9100]

The Bond sequence was also really character driven. The guy Bond is chasing is nimble and agile and barely affects his surroundings. Bond is blasting through things and crashing around like the blunt instrument that M accuses him of being.

[@maruner]

Yeah, its one of the reasons I love this scene so much. He's clearly outmatched here. He may be a superspy, but he's not as good at parkour as the man he's chasing, and it shows. Its very cool to see Bond as out of his league, but still doing everything in his power to keep up with somebody he has no business keeping up with.

[@siddbastard]

yea, he acts like a pitbull chasing a cat. that cat is in control, but the insane dog behind won't let anything stop it :) love the scene

[@christophertaylor9100]

I mean its bad James Bond. Its not slick superspy, its blunt instrument idiot destroying everything But given that you think Bond is like that, it shows the characters you've established well.

[@siddbastard]

@@christophertaylor9100 this particular trilogy was a soft reboot, i'm ok having a Bond that isn't as refined

[@Lakers24bn]

He's blasting through everything but he uses his environment to his advantage to go faster and keep up with the guy despite being physically outmatched. This scene is great because it shows immediatly at the start of the movie that Bond is relentless and crafty without any dialogue

[@samschellhase8831]

I love the Casino Royale scene where Sebastien uses the underbar above a narrow window to jump through, and then Craig just sprints through the drywall and leaves a man-sized hole

[@KasumiRINA]

Best part of the film!

[@zsoltsandor3814]

You can really tell that Lorena absolutely loves her game. Fabulous reactions. But, did Insider really get copyright muted here and there?

[@FeelingLucky246]

seems to be so

[@wow_parzival5036]

Why the heck did her words get muted?! Her speech copyrighted? lol

[@BIGMANLOGJAM]

@@wow_parzival5036 Yes due to an unfortunate terms and conditions mishap. That’s why you should always read them.

[@zsoltsandor3814]

@@wow_parzival5036 it's the movie segments that got the mute, but that also caused everything else to get muted.

[@PeacefulPariah]

super amateur

[@joshuacardozo5555]

As someone that has been training parkour for 17 years, I fully appreciate how knowledgeable you were about proper technique throughout this video. So many parkour experts react videos online and they talk about flipping and tricking more than anything else. Thank you, seriously. I'm going to be sharing this video with the kids that I teach parkour to.

[@dazzershell]

Once then i jumped over flimsy fence, i remember how top metall pipe swing down under arm weight, and how my brain and body paralized... Landing on my knee joint was awfull hurt... I have done that jumps many times before, and some other tricks. But what happened 15 years ago with my brain i don't know.

[@duckman4928]

Yeah, seems knowledgable, but when she talked about kong vault, her clip showed Dash vault. Also it has been a while when i was jumping, maybe terminology changed, but i dont know safety vault. It´s step speed. And that is only 1st 2 mins in video...

[@joshuacardozo5555]

@@duckman4928 yeah I noticed the mistake with the kong vault and the clip showing a dash. But I've always called a safety vault a safety vault. I've heard step speed balls, but that was just never the name I used.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Ahh thank you so much!! I really appreciate it! 🙏🏽☺️

[@rainimorgan2119]

I just don’t want you to 😘

[@petertrudelljr]

Love the fact that Lorena described the difference between Freerunning and Parkour. I also truly love the adoration she has for Jackie Chan. "Is it parkour? It's Jackie MF Chan!"

[@mrx1333]

Chan has been doing parkour before it was even parkour!

[@brendonhavener]

It’s a grey area. Lots of Chinese martial arts include parkour-like maneuvers, so you could argue that Jackie is just doing martial arts (like qinggong). At the same time, parkour’s roots include martial arts. Still, for the sake of respect to the OG, I’d say he’s doing Chinese martial arts and not parkour.

[@agnidas5816]

There is no difference. They are literally the same thing. She got it all wrong. There is a word called 'tricking' which she didn't use. Tricking is what she thinks freerunning is.

[@danieldaugherty8318]

2004 is oldskool? You made me feel old. why does everyone born in the 90s think everything was just invented.....

[@LorenaAbreu]

Thank you so much! ☺️🙏🏽

[@astrosteve]

I like the part about JAckie Chan. "It's a 10/10 because it's Jackie Chan!" She didn't specifically mention this, but Chan never used stunt doubles (with one or two exceptions at the very end of his career) and did everything himself. It'd be a 10/10 by default because it's all real.

[@Kenkenny82]

We can nitpick on the fact that he badly injured himself in some stunts and in the movie he was perfectly fine. So, the stunt didn't end like they should be.

[@OldGrumpyGamer]

@@Kenkenny82 Jackie Chan got hurt bad many times

[@npatch]

@@Kenkenny82 True, we can *nitpick* but that comes with the territory. Even good parkourists will have a bad day or two, but what he did was much more strenuous and less controlled than parkourists usually go for. Like Lorena mentioned they would opt for robust surfaces etc, while Jackie like runs down a falling chinese facade, or down a pole with lots of cables and lights from a third story mall, or outside a balcony getting his speed reduced by fabric tents above balconies he meets on his way down or you know....whatever other crazy thing he has done in his countless movies. So it's not like you can just say "he should be a master and do everything perfectly" when he's doing non standard and risky stuff.

[@Kenkenny82]

@@npatch I didn't say he shouldn't hurt himself. What I meant was that it's technically not realistic in the sense that some stunt lead to injuries when in the movie he's shown perfectly fine.

[@npatch]

@@Kenkenny82 Obviously. He's not a parkourist. Never was. It's just that he used the same principles most of the time to suit his needs, which in the end, was to make movies and movies can exaggerate, not for it to be safe to execute in realtime parkour. The fact that he did pioneer parkour at least against D.Belle and Yamakasi, does not change though, even if his end goal wasn't parkour itself. That said, he did go crazier, so again, comes with the territory.

[@debolinabanerjee820]

She looks so happy analysing the scenes! This is what happens when passion turns into profession.

[@anonymousontheinternet4486]

Seeing The Office parkour scene actually had me laughing out loud. Didn't expect that at all. Brilliant.

[@AntonAdelson]

Showing it to a traceur is basically trolling :p

[@3DJapan]

Thankfully this was after I stopped watching the show.

[@ryanshannon6963]

I clicked this video specifically expecting that The Office Parkour scene. It didn't disappoint!

[@Idowu_Balogun]

Parkour!

[@fatkart7641]

The funny thing is that Luc Besson discovered the Yamakasi while he was making Taxi 2. They were just hired as generic ninja goons on this set, but Besson was so impressed by their moves that he decided to hire them and train full time for his next film, a standalone Yamakasi movie.

[@duckman4928]

And that film is reason why David Belle left Yamakasi. He did not liked fact that parkour can be used for burglaries.

[@francescodarcangeli4197]

Besson's instinct for the spectacular is unparalleled!

[@Leprutz]

@@duckman4928 David Belle left for many other reasons. It wasn't specifically that movie.

[@Leprutz]

Yamakasi is just amazing and the soundtrack... wow.

[@EverGameStudios]

Yamakasi was a great movie, but if you go by the documentary they did after, they trained in Yamakasi way before the movies. not saying you wrong, just saying what they said.

[@dkmphotography_co_uk]

A LOTTA love for Lorena in these comments... & deservedly so. Shown herself to be knowledgable, eloquent, confident & patient in her breakdown & teaching of the technicalities, particularly of things like the difference between Parkour & Freerunning. Would happily watch WAY more content with her. 🙌

[@k.5425]

You can subscribe to her. She's somewhere in the comments

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

the real scary part with Jackie Chan is the fact that in the old movies he rarely even had safetywires, there is times where he was genuinely real close to death, in Project A for example he fell 6 floor no wires, thru 2 awnings intended to slow him down but they turned him around making him land on his head from roughly the second floor, injuring his spine, in Police Story he slid down a metal pole for about 4-5 floors, the lights heated up the pole enough that it burned the skin of his hands, he went thru fake glass and dislocated his pelvis and damaged 2 vertebraes, Armor of God, he jumped to a tree but they misjudged the distance and the branch broke, he feel like 2-3 floors onto rocks cracking his skull open, lodging a piece of bone in his brain, he has a metal plate in his head to this day, Armor of God 2, he was climbing some chains and lost his grip, falling roughly 2-3 floors dislocating his sternum, Crime Story, his legs got pinched between two cars, he got lucky this time with no injuries, Police Story 3, while hanging on a pipe over a railroad he was hit by a helicopter being transported on a train that he was supposed to narrowly avoid, he craced his cheek bone and damaged his shoulder muscles, in drunken master he fell and crawled on burning coal twice with minimal protection because the first time did not have the right "feel", in Who amd i? he slid down the side of a 24 floor building without safety wires, he hurt his ankle and almost fell over the edge down on to the unprotected sidewalk about 3-4 floor below after his slide, dont remember name of the movie bute there is also one where he rolls over a turned on table saw with his guts no more then a few centimeters away from the blade while others is attacking him, he once broke his ankle, he could not wear a shoe properly so they painted one on and he kept going. he is a legend and he is a madman.

[@ingiford175]

Watching the clips at the end of many of his movies are downright scary.

[@happinesss2]

Does he like.. pain??? Bc wow that is all so much!!!

[@galadine12]

.... scary?

[@thetalantonx]

I love that she distinguished between parkour and freerunning in a respectful fashion.

[@agnidas5816]

She has it all wrong. Parkour and free running are literally the same thing. The other one is "tricking".

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

@@agnidas5816 eexactly. Tricking was coming up about the same time but never really blew up even tho it's crazy what they can do. Have seen a lot of it live since used to hang out with this at the time (about around 10 years ago) one of the best if not best tricker. Finnish guy. Tricking is lines mixed from martial art's, flips, breakdance mostly but there is a lot of differend styles people have and add to it, it does have it's limitations tho in presentation and it's hard for not aware people to distinquish many flips which is why I think it didn't really blew up like parkour. Freerunning and parkour have always been the same but the name parkour really just solified in the atmosphere after it got more exposure so the term freerunning have pretty much dissapeared.

[@HowieGordonMusic]

@@agnidas5816 lol you clearly haven't been a traceur long enough. Pk and Freerunning are NOT the same. But we OGs are tired of the debate.

[@RavenThryfe]

@@HowieGordonMusic yep.

[@dogwalk3]

@@HowieGordonMusic thank you

[@seahawk9494]

I love when masters of craft like this take a satiric portrayal (The Office) in the light it's meant. Yes, I get that they would get extremely tired of the same comment/joke about it, but she doesn't hold that against the source material. She's awesome.

[@Yvaelle]

Plus Jim's explanation is perfect, and the rest are beginners with zero training or knowledge, but lots of enthusiasm. When i first saw parkour in the early 2000's (as a gymnast, martial artist, and Jackie Chan fan) I went outside almost immediately, and started trying stuff myself. I probably didn't look much better than the Office gang. Mine was surely a common experience.

[@IsabelS_Fuyu]

Invite her again she was awesome! I liked the way she explained parkour and the details shown in the clips 😊 also she seems cool too

[@iesika7387]

I was expecting Banlieue 13 to be one of the 9 movies and had just gotten a bit bummed on realizing it was, in fact, not going to be one of the 9 movies, when Lorena brought it up as a favorite! Really loved Lorena's focus on good technique and what NOT to do

[@radzsing]

Exactly District B13 was so iconic from start to finish.

[@Ganiscol]

I know next to nothing about parkour but am no stranger to dangerous sports and the laws of physics and so I can appreciate how much she emphasized the details of proper and safe technique when doing these moves - she is clearly a teacher. And what a lovely character she is while explaining things! Where can I sign up for any type of class? 😄

[@mrx1333]

I would love to take a parkour class too!

[@LorenaAbreu]

thank you so much for the kind words! 🙏🏽☺️ and yes I am a teacher haha

[@k.5425]

@@LorenaAbreu just subscribed to your channel

[@thebatonmaster]

I can tell Lorena would make an excellent teacher. She's able to communicate the most important fundamental points married with an explanation of the mechanics into concise and easy to understand instructions that even an idiot like me can understand. That's a special skill which most people don't have, no matter how high their skill level. Lots of people are like, "um, just do it like this." *performs superhuman maneuver. Being an effective teacher/coach is huge.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Wow thank you so so much! 🥺 this means a lot, especially as a coach 🙏🏽

[@thebatonmaster]

@@LorenaAbreu Oh, thank YOU! Keep tearing it up! 👍🤩

[@culturia3555]

Man, I was thinking that she would make an excellent teacher, because she only gives 8/10 and up. hahaha

[@johnmcconnell7052]

Audio cuts tend to cut off your speakers in recent videos. As for the speaker she's spot on with the information glad she spoke up on what's correct and what's not considering a lot of people attempt things they see in film.

[@olimakiella]

I noticed the audio cuts for certain clips of the show they have the expert watching. It is likely anytime there is audio of the show, they had to cut to avoid being copyright claimed or blocked.

[@aaronorjohnson]

My brother's old roommate was the stunt double for Cara Dune but also one of the main fighting sequence choreographers for the Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hearing her talk about how specific they go into detail on the Star Wars action sequences was super awesome and interesting. Just makes you respect all the hard work.

[@Jackyto13]

So glad she reviewed Yamakasi ! I remember when the film came out in France (I was 11 at this time) everyone was doing Yamakasi stuff during recess at school and got yelled by teacher because it was dangerous, good old times

[@dazzershell]

In our school English class we read (and translate) article about parcour. It was born in France, quickly become popular as New subculture. Many Kids got injuries, bonebreaks and deaths after, parents and teachers in panic.

[@mrx1333]

I need to watch this Yamakasi movie!

[@thebatonmaster]

Yeah, same here! I was like 13 or something and it hit us right at a time when we were in awe about it. It was cool to discover something so cool and (apparently) new before it became "a thing" so to speak. But I'm really glad it exploded in popularity. Believe it or not, someone actually called the police to check on me one day because I was practicing vaulting moves over and over. The cops told me someone had reported a mentally deranged person jumping walls. That was embarrassing. Maybe nowadays it wouldn't look so strange to people.

[@Sklounst_Actual]

Just when I was thinking "How can they end this video without mentioning District B13?", she calls it out as her favorite ☺️

[@thebatonmaster]

lmao, that's exactly what I was thinking.

[@LorenaAbreu]

I’m so glad they kept that in the video!!

[@patrickkubinec7026]

it's way better than Brick Mansion ...can't say in terms of parkour that much, but once they "americanized" the movie, it lost its beauty...

[@Quickyprd]

True true...but David B. was bere, So little satisfaction:)

[@roberthickerty390]

This has to be one of the most interesting videos I have watched. This expert really knows her stuff and her enthusiasm is infectious.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Ahh thank you so much!!

[@DRS0395]

The respect stonks went WAY UP when she mentioned District B13 at the end. Love that movie! Inspired me and my mates to do some sketchy things but all in good fun and safety.

[@tnatstrat7495]

"Extended and a little bit less in control" Thats Craigs Bond in a nut shell and we love him for it.

[@venkatn9634]

Her Parkour skills were on full display navigating the conversation around Sebastian, Yamakasi, David Belle and Freerunning.

[@jonathangauthier3549]

I'm surprised that I didn't see District 13 in this line of movies. Perhaps there's a reason unbeknownst to me, like Lorena Abreu or a friend were in that movie, but District 13 (Banlieue 13 from 2004) was a parkour expert's wet dream. Thanks Lorena for plugging it at the end! David Belle is absolutely mindblowing in B13. I knew you would be in the know

[@HelloImPsycho]

Brick Mansion is technically the US remake of B13, so I guess it kinda counts...?

[@johntiqual]

they showed the shitty hollywood version though

[@waywardmind]

I don't think they showed it because it involves at least one of the very first parkour people ever, David Belle, so what is someone who started learning in 2013 going to add? "It's perfect. It's David Belle. Next."

[@jonathangauthier3549]

@@waywardmind you make a valid point. However, they did have Brick Mansion, which ALSO stars David Belle. Lorena rightfully praised David for his flawless techniques but pointed out that he has a super power for running right into the baddies😉. I thought that maybe it was the Scarface-sized heaps of cocaine that the head bad guy had on his desk that might have discouraged them from showing it - as they wouldn't want to inadvertently get impressionable youths to associate parkour/free running with illegal stimulant - even IF David Belle was the protagonist bent on defeating them.

[@jonathangauthier3549]

@@c.james1 I didn't think she did have a choice, tbh. However, I imagine that it's hard to provide an unbiased opinion on a film that one has played in. So I thought that the interviewer may not have asked Lorena her opinion on the parkour seen in D13 because she may have been in, or consulted during the making of the film.

[@dodgyb2001]

I think one of the key things about the casino royale things is that it's a contrast between the chased, who obviously knows parkour, and is élégant and efficient, and Bond, who obviously doesn't, and is clunky and more like a battering ram. It's an echo of what M calls him, a blunt instrument from a bygone era. A great example of using action to tell the story.

[@lear1980]

This is one area where movie makers have gotten it right. As time has gone on stunt coordinators have learned to reach outside and expand the traditional stunt community. It's a lot easier, and safer, to hire a real parkour athlete to do the stunt.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Amen! 🙌🏽

[@RavenMobile]

Yes, good point. In its infancy it was certainly hard to find talent, but these days every major city has great parkour talent!

[@ujjithkesamneni7658]

The office parkour scene is probably in the top ten best scenes in the show, but to me the best scene of the show will always be the office fire drill one.

[@mrquirky3626]

I think I actually hurt myself laughing when Angela threw her cat through the ceiling to try to save it.

[@kyleeagle4329]

The fire drill scene had me crying for at least 15 minutes when I first saw it 😂😂😂

[@bludangell]

Insider always seem to nail the casting of the experts for these videos. Lorena was awesome!

[@pockeyway]

Thanks for the great video. Lorena is informative, energetic, & open minded in her craft. One of the best insider vids I've ever seen. Lorena's charm is quite frankly, intoxicating, & this vid has made me a fan for sure.

[@TwistedDonners]

I enjoyed watching Lorena rate these scene and how she broke down what was being done in the scenes without making you feel like an idiot for not knowing the terms or techniques. District B13 and District B13 Ultimatum are 2 brilliant movies and Lorena recommending people watch it due to it being her favourite parkour scene was unexpected since Brick Mansion is an American remake of it.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Thank you very much! ☺️ I appreciate the feedback and kind words. District B13 ftw 🙌🏽

[@TwistedDonners]

@@LorenaAbreu one that I'd like to have seen you react is Mirror's Edge and it's sequel to see how accurately they portrayed parkour in them but simce they're video games I can understand why they didn't show them. And got both District B13 films on dvd and have watched both several times lol 😆.

[@gerryjames9720]

@@LorenaAbreu First time I saw Parkour I thought you were all, like, reckless nut-jobs. Watching you in this video, it occurs to me that this is incredible athleticism, skill, and emotional intelligence. > chauvinism alert< They say that smart is the new sexy. I would say that smart, strong, and genuinely competent trumps just smart.

[@certs743]

Two great movies. And being bilingual it was able to enjoy watching them in French. Not just the Parkour but the fight choreography was very well done and the humour all makes it a very fun ride.

[@DrVenture45]

I like how Lorena rates each scene with a lilt of a question…certainly not because she doesn’t know her stuff, but she’s clearly running the scenarios though her head to determine the fairest assessment.

[@raystaar]

I've been living under a rock and only learned the word Parkour recently. Thanks for the overview. Lorena did a great job of rating and explaining. She'd do well as a TV presenter on any topic.

[@anthonyhowrard526]

she is very much likeable in a lot of ways.

[@3DJapan]

Whoever edited the audio in this kept cutting her off.

[@Zelmel]

It's the asses at whatever company handles the James Bond movie rights stuff on KZbin. They're using KZbin systems to auto-mute the stuff that is "infringing" on their copyright, even though it's obvious fair use.

[@Mistah47]

0:25 Book of Boba Fett 2:35 The Office 4:27 Alice in Borderland 5:38 Casino Royale 9:06 Bourne Ultimatum 10:04 Tracers 11:42 Yamakasi 14:17 The Protector 16:00 Brick Mansions

[@nicinat0r]

Thanks :)

[@ascendingearth8610]

Impressive how many ad’s they fit into one video

[@Grimhead]

Last one is : Banlieue 13. Brick Mansions is an US remake.

[@SoushinSen]

@@Grimhead Funny you should mention that because, the clip she was reviewing for this video was the US remake (2014), but right after that, when asked which was her favorite scene, she said it was a scene from the original Banlieue 13 movie (2004). It's kinda ironic.

[@lukenewman3146]

Anything less than 10/10 for Jackie Chan and all respect is lost... "It's a 10/10, because it's Jackie Chan!" Correct.

[@LorenaAbreu]

Absolutely! Also, my full statement was that it’s a 10/10 for realism because Jackie Chan REALLY did ALL of those stunts! 😂🙌🏽 it’s literally 100% real!

[@lukenewman3146]

@@LorenaAbreu Exactly! The man is a legend. Awesome video, congrats! 👍

[@francescodarcangeli4197]

@@LorenaAbreu Jackie Chan should be made world's heritage by Unesco! He's a legend!

[@antwaynetube]

Thank you for doing this, Lorena. Please do more. As if Jackie Chan needs defending, he intentionally pretends to lose his balance and lands poorly for dramatic effect. Bond was also supposed to look reckless and untrained so his skill rightfully did not match the parkour founder he was chasing.

[@francescodarcangeli4197]

Yes. The Bond scene is amazing because it shows that even Bond can be outclassed at something.. but he puts up a good fight nonetheless (this is typical of Craig's Bond - amazing, cool, but with flaws).

[@KasumiRINA]

@@francescodarcangeli4197 It's Ian Fleming's Bond. Other movies just changed character too much but original was exactly like that, a broken man.

[@theprotagonist150]

She was a stunt double for Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange 2

[@dustin4747]

I'm glad she brought up watching District B13 movies rather than recommending Brick Mansions.

[@HiiPANDA_]

i love the office parkour. it always makes ma die laughing. also shes adorable. enjoy her enthusiastic love for this life style.

[@fredpeiffer1266]

Great review! Being French, thanks for mentioning "District B13". I can rewatch this movie again and again. The main difference between B13 and "Brick Mansion" is Cyril Raffaelli (a talented Parkour practitioner) who was replaced with Paul Walker (although I love him, is not). To that note, Cyril had some cool shots in "Live free or Die Hard".

[@tehokowhitu00]

I’ve been following her for years and it’s great to see how far she has come. She’s such a great performer as well 🙌🏽

[@LorenaAbreu]

Aw thank you so so much!! 🙏🏽😭😭 this means a lot!!

[@rasaecnai]

Lorena: We dont jump into things that are soft and unreliable due to the risk Jackie Chan: What is a 'risk'?

[@ingiford175]

The out takes at the end of his movies were as impressive/scary as the ones in the movie.

[@ginovillanueva6053]

Of course she wont. She aint jackie

[@gundulf3084]

Intelligent... athletic... articulate... gorgeous. Lorena you are the total picture. Your enthusiasm for the sport flowed off the screen. Best "Insider" ever. Thanks for sharing!

[@climbtheskyspine5748]

Bwahahahahah! Thanks for making my own comment look so embarrassingly generic and simpy, but I refuse to delete it.

[@sporkythebeardeddragon5672]

2:33 i love how they included the office when they were doing this. The offuce was just doing that for laughs or to make fun of parkour. Thanks for including that.

[@doodlesbyalex8765]

Am I the only one admiring her muscles from time to time throughout the video? Because dang I appreciate the hard work and effort that's been put into those buff arms

[@thebatonmaster]

Yeah, District B13 was everything. When I first saw it I had no idea that it was a parkour film or anything, it was just a movie someone had ripped onto a thumb drive I borrowed. I had never seen anything like it, other than Jackie Chan films that were a totally different vibe. I loved everything about that movie. Sometimes you find a diamond unexpectedly.

[@Joest75]

Yeah, but It's a Luc Besson movie starring a former pornstar, the annoying brother on a b-celebrity and some stunts who couldn't act. There are GIANTS plot hole and the scenario is unoriginal. There's like a couple great stunts scene and the rest is horrible

[@thebatonmaster]

@@Joest75 Hahaha, well I certainly won't claim that it's a brilliantly written masterpiece! 😂

[@mbvglider]

B13, Ong Bak, Collateral, & Bourne Identity all came out around the same time, and I feel like action movies entered a bit of a new golden era. Don't get me wrong, The Matrix/Crouching Tiger/Kill Bill were cool, but all that wire fu stuff was starting to get stale. For a few years, we got gritty, realistic, believable action movies that showed off real skill. Compare Jet Li's "Hero" to Donnie Yen's "Ip Man," made just 6 years later. I really enjoyed that era of action movies. I feel like Marvel movies kind of have brought us to the era of ridiculously A-list Hollywood celebrities on steroids doing over the top, unbelievable, effects-driven action, and I think many of us wouldn't mind a return to mid-2000s action films that were much heavier on actors actually having skill.

[@thetalantonx]

Ok, she's now my favorite parkour practitioner/expert for the scoffing at Brick Mansions (the crappy US knockoff) and pointing to the original District B-13.

[@mrx1333]

I rather stuck to the original with Belle and Raffaelli! Now that is a masterpiece of a movie!!

[@thetalantonx]

@@mrx1333 Good plan. Cyril Raffaelli is my all time favorite.

[@HattoSora]

I followed Lorena on IG first; she's very entertaining! Seeing her covered here is a delight.

[@fredvelez7703]

She's a brilliant, articulate, charismatic ambassador for Parkour. Great vid!

[@robdobson5056]

She’s very eloquent. And a talented Parkour athlete.

[@SlayerSeraph]

My thoughts as well!

[@JohnMarston1900]

Patrolling the Mojave wasteland almost makes me think I’m actually good at parkour

[@a-blivvy-yus]

In my experience, martial arts tricking is a few steps further toward "flashy at the cost of efficiency" from freerunning, but then it flows back the other way on a spectrum leading into more realistic martial arts but in the direction of efficient combat rather than efficient travel. But I view parkour as a better self defense art than any of the combat-oriented options, because it's about being where an attacker isn't. Learning to move and get to places in the fastest and most efficient ways can make you a much less practical target for someone to try and hurt.

[@hello7032]

This was really cool and extremely informative and engaging. Awesomely done !

[@mrx1333]

Love a good movie that includes parkour! Performers like Belle and Sébastien are badass! I wonder if Lorena has done any parkour stunts in movies? If so I'd like to see them. I love her description on these movies and her feedback is more than just "oh that was good!" She goes into depth with these and gives actual definition. Appreciate her for this! But I disagree with her in that Casino Royale deserves a 10! 😊

[@akshaysinghrai]

She was the stunt double for America Chavez in Doctor strange during the reshoots.

[@mrx1333]

@@akshaysinghrai Nice! Didn't know that! Thank you for that!

[@LorenaAbreu]

Thank you so much! And yes, thankfully I get to work as a stuntwoman now, and it’s all thanks to parkour 🙏🏽☺️

[@mrx1333]

@@LorenaAbreu That's awesome! And congrats on such a huge career! Can't wait to see your work on the big screen!

[@blacktoothfox677]

SERIOUSLY is nobody gonna pick up on the accidental Belle & Sebastian reference or am I the only looper in the house!?

[@lenanana8]

Really great commentary on parkour technique, it really inspires me as a beginner parkour learner to push myself. I wonder what you think of the parkour scenes in Prince of Persia and in the Japanese animated film Bubble.

[@PKSullivan]

Yes! Love that she calls out Banlieue 13 as her favorite at the end.

[@Chris-dq6eq]

First time in all of these stuntmen/parkour/freerunning movie discussion videos that Yamakasi is referenced, which should have happened much earlier because that group and the movie were a first contact with the world of parkour/freerunning for so many people and gets too little praise. So thank you so much Lorena Abreu, it was great hearing your insights and seeing your clips as examples of what you were discussing, very knowledgeable and insightful!

[@Neomalthusiano]

Wish to see Lorena invited again in the future, either in this channel or as an expert on another. She's not only knowledgeable, but also comunicates in a positive way. She clearly loves doing what she does.

[@drewfromyay882]

They could do another video solely on Jackie Chan stunts

[@CptVein]

Dom Tomato screamed ''PARKOUR'' during one of his last jumps What a legend

[@dastardlygonzo]

Glad she gave District B13 a shout-out. I was just thinking about that movie watching this.

[@AquariusTwinsMH]

You are BADASS!!!!! Such great form! Also, your explanations were on point!

[@mandeep3.14]

Wow. I wasn’t expecting to watch all of this but this was friggin interesting. The only parkour that I’ve seen was on tv and it usually involved boys with bangs jumping off of small things (usually injuring themselves), so I’m glad that’s it’s much cooler than i thought it was 😆.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Same. I was thinking, ‘eh, I’ll watch for a couple minutes,’ but Lorena was so passionate & knowledgeable about the sport that the time flew by! I found myself wishing there was another 15 minutes to watch.

[@LorenaAbreu]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 oh my gosh thank you so much!!

[@Krechas]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 same here , wanted to watch one scene, stayed till the end ;)

[@snakabuz]

Something was off on the sound. It kept cutting out for me. But I thoroughly enjoyed Lorena! Would love to see her review influencers parkour stunts and mishaps! *cough cough* the time markiplier broke his butt

[@MemeticsX]

I'm having sound drop-outs too, several times, starting during the Bond chase analysis. It's the movie sound, and then when the analyst speaks, the sound comes back on. I'm inferring that someone cut the film sound out intentionally, probably in response to a copyright claim. :( (So dumb... this kind of analysis should be protected from copyright claims by overzealous companies.)

[@blinkgreg]

The edit was poorly done.

[@jasoncy31]

I believe that was due to copyright on some of the clips. Maybe the studio that did the James Bond movie didn't like the use of their audio (which seems unreasonable, given Fair Use permissions) and they cut all the audio out because of that. Bummer.

[@EverGameStudios]

yes, had the same issues with the sound.

[@rowanb4395]

Same here. At first, I just assumed she was keeping it too real :D

[@OneWithWonderland]

Her audio during bond scenes goes silent in odd ways. Aside from that, beautiful video 👌

[@greenizzy]

Back when I first heard of parkour and tried to train myself as a teenager (this was about '07 or so, gave up very quickly) I actually searched for parkour in movies which made me watch District B14 3 and it's such an impressive parkour movie! That small window jump (underbar) is so wild, and I'm happy it got mentioned here since it meant a lot to me!

[@dman3398]

She analyzes parkour with the technical prowess you would expect from an elite gymnast. And by you, I mean, me, since I have no idea what you expected.

[@Osiris064]

Just realized Jackie Chan does a lot of stunts on boats. This girl is great btw. Very informative

[@Milton2k]

Efficiency vs fanning.... Like a deck of cards.... Awesome vid. 10/10

[@reallyvictor]

So glad they showed Brick Mansions, absolutely love that movie.

[@RGerard_Costa]

I really didn’t think they would show a professional athlete the “Office Parkour” clip…

[@DogestDogeYT]

Who thought their headphones were broken 🙋🏾‍♂️

[@Leprutz]

I am glad she got to talk about the Yamakasi. Best parkour film ever with an amazing soundtrack.

[@bzleo2003]

This was cool too watch. I'm having to learn rolls/falling right now and it's so stupid hard to tuck your head opposite of the touching shoulder. Given... I'm older and doing it for something other than parkour but man I appreciate watching this.

[@ElectricBlobz]

would really have loved to get her take on the action seen in Mirror's Edge.

[@iridiumSerpent]

I hate that they keep cutting out the audio

[@theotodd90]

Embraced parkour since the 2000s, too. Very unique. Hope to learn proper some day. Jackie Chan, amazing as always and so are the clips with top teaching by Lorena. Thanks for the brief lesson.

[@ltlbuddha]

Love to hear a pro's POV. The problem I had with the Boba Fett scene wasn't technical, but its assembly. To me, it looked like a show one would put together for a theme park. As far as people doing moves that would become part of parkour, I remember a cool, double person wall flip in an old film from the 70's.

[@Juancrod68]

Why she didn't review the French movie District 13? It was one of the first parkour movies and for me it's still the best on it.

[@agnidas5816]

Cause this is an ad for movies whose rights are managed by a certain firm.

[@akshaysinghrai]

What are you talking about, my guy? Just watch the whole video. She said it's her favourite movie and recommended watching it.

[@Manuelomar2001]

She reviews clips from District B13 in this. Try actually watching the video.

[@Jhamstra42]

that scene where she jumps from window to window, it's painful how obviously on a wire she is. The landing she stops in a way that is so unnatural if she wasn't.

[@dragonfire72]

Kinda surprised her feet swinging way out wasn’t mentioned

[@IcEcho]

While I agree that she appears to be on a wire, the jump itself (while not easy to land due to the swing the wire absorbed) looks doable. This is coming from a climber who's also done some parkour. It's definitely not too far and you can "skate" along the wall like that. The swing she commented on when setting up the jump contributes to this, where you set up your upper body moving towards the wall as you push of. This way you can keep your hands and body close to the wall for a longer time even if your feet pushes you away from it.

[@bethg5929]

Very informative video. I especially like the "in real life" examples. Makes me wish I was young again.

[@panzerfaust7476]

Glad you said District 13 because I couldn't believe they didn't include it in your reviews. That was the movie that introduced me to Parkour.

[@MorrisseyMuse]

District/Banliuelle 13 is the best parkour movie ever made and she didn't even cover it! It's the French original, Brick Mansions is the American remake, which itself is a great film but the original is unmatched.

[@sireallard4207]

Make sure you watch the last minute, because she does recommend watching the entirety of District 13.

[@poja101]

She mentioned it. Secondly this is not a rating of best parkour movies, it's rating of realism of parkour scenes in movies so ur complaint doesn't make sense

[@dustinray1512]

am i the only one thats having issues with the audio cutting out? btw Tracers movies i really enjoyed it. would recommend.

[@Duckfest]

Same here. My guess is that it's a copyright issue, as it happens primarily during the clips shown. Why they turn off all audio, instead of just turning off the audio in the clips, I don't know.

[@baobhan9094]

Fun fact, depending on your definitions of Parkour and Freerunning, it can trace itself back to a martial art french soldiers would train in for trench warfare that focused on 'the art of movement' in getting from A to B as fast as possible regardless of obstacles without loosing momentum. It was said to look very impressive and it was part of their training regimen at the time. :)

[@Minkehr]

THANK you for mentioning District B13 (Banlieue 13 in French, Gettogangz in german) Frist time I've seen it I accidentally switched it on with no intention to watch a movie like that but the pace, nice cuts, really great lighting and camera work really kept my attention.

[@randomcracka3]

Hilarious to me how they showed her doing a dash and called it a Kong vault. Especially since she is describing what an actual Kong vault is and they show the vault right after in the clip. Hahahaha

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

I just saw (only a few comments up actually) that she left a comment to clear that up & elaborate on a couple other things she talked about.

[@mrdexs]

After saying all that, Bond would have never caught that dude. 😄

[@unskipunski]

Great passionate analysis! :D Just a couple of things. Actually (me saying as an instructor of parkour since 2006), in that Bourne's jump, that middle-ish part of foot was the most legit=safest spot to touch the rail, because he had such an extreme rush combined with a thin rail AND a deadly gap that it's most important to NOT misstep! AND, it helps avoid slipping if the shoe has the very usual groove(s) close to heal part. So, as much distance from the touch point to the tip of toes And the heal makes it least likely to misstep. It'd be so much riskier with ball of the foot, which is less distance from the tip of toes... Unlike in usual parkour situations where you just dont run with quite extreme speeds, therefore can control more so there isnt much of the risk when you're precise&focused but it instead gives a little more power jumping off with the ball of the heal, especially with very low running speed before jump off. And that comparison image (9:24) to Lorena's own step wasnt comparable, because there's lots of room for the foot behind so it's safer to keep it there behind. And how about the roll of gooood old Sebastian - what magic backpack is that or was it just completely empty?? ;D Like Yamakasi guys rolling with their backpacks filled with treasures they just stole (to save the sick boy)? 😆😃 THAT is unrealistic... should be smashed treasures and/or backbones. Ok, a movie trick, but it could have avoided by letting the character move the backpack on the side while landing.

[@kazuha77]

I wanted to see the Yamakasi in this video and I was so happy to actually see them! I remember watching the film at the time (totally forgot it since then) and it was really popular as it was something very new.

[@sassbrat]

Would love to see her rate an episode of Hawaii Five-O that did Parkour with an actual Parkour athlete that she worked with on Ultimate Tag but the episode was shot before Ultimate was even thought off.

[@andresitopunpun3041]

who else is gonna try parkour after this and get all their bones absobloodylutely broken

[@petertrudelljr]

most of us? Absolutely not. I love parkour & freerunning, but know there's no way in hell I can do any of that without a lot of practice. The closest I've come was the rudimentary stuff we did as kids (jumping down stairs, off walls...etc.)

[@Vyzard]

Never have I quickly subbed to someone, she's so lovely

[@Angel-kh3dv]

I love how she continuously takes the exaggerated scenes out of her marking so that she can give a 9/10

[@33drewster]

She gotta rate Jackie Chan, he's a parkour god

[@MemesAllDay670]

Can’t wait until Aliens rate alien movies.

[@hariprasad3077]

🫡 lol🤣

[@studioyokai]

...I know this is a joke but on the other hand watching a biologist or biochemist react to weird alien biology in film and TV would be pretty interesting I think. Like, I know most of our own bodily fluids are at least slight acidic (or in the case of the stomach, VERY), but how "realistic" would the extremely acidic blood of a Xenomorph from the Aliens films be? (I mean the parasitic life cycle isn't completely out of plausibility, there are wasps and stuff that lay their eggs in living creatures that then die when the offspring hatch, though borrowing from the hosts DNA a little? idk, ask an actual biologist or geneticist about that lol)

[@marlynsantos9677]

I have to admit I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. She was super insightful and I had no idea I wanted to know how to parkour off my couch but here we are. 🥴

[@George-sv1fm]

A nice honest person, probably all of us would love to meet her.