Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

5.8	Rating (428 ratings)
6.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Jean-François Richet

Starring (View all)

Ethan Hawke
Sgt. Jake Roenick

Laurence Fishburne
Marion Bishop

Gabriel Byrne
Capt. Marcus Duvall

Maria Bello
Dr. Alex Sabian

Drea de Matteo
Iris Ferry

John Leguizamo
Beck

Brian Dennehy
Sgt. Jasper O'Shea

Ja Rule
Smiley

Written by

John Carpenter
(earlier film)

James DeMonaco
(screenplay)

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Forgettable action romp

15 years, 10 months ago at Jul 6 11:31

PvtCaboose91

1 vote

Rosen: "Your eyes are red. You been smokin' crack?"
Beck: "Your eyes are glazed. You been eatin' donuts?"

Assault on Precinct 13 is the contemporary remake of John Carpenter's 1976 action thriller of the same name. However, this is an uncommon instance of a remake that circumvents the customary cliché of being an identical duplicate of the original. This is austerely a remak... read more

A Backward Glance

11 years, 8 months ago at Aug 24 18:48

charidotes20

1 vote

I write a lot of my reviews from memory-- for me, it's a lot like journaling.

I saw this movie a long time ago, because Laurence Fishburne, (Morpheus), was in it.

Actors only ever really play one part-- themselves. And whether Morpheus is playing a cop-killer, here, or "Othello"--which I actually didn't see, but I can see him in it-- or a young white boy's unofficia... read more

An average movie

11 years, 4 months ago at Jan 3 10:52

johanlefourbe

1 vote

John Carpenter’s movies have always been appreciated by the remakers and, so far, already 4 of his classics have been remade (‘The Thing’, ‘The Fog’, ‘Halloween’ and of course ‘Assault on Precinct 13’) . However, this time, if I’m not mistaken, Carpenter picked up the director himself and chose Jean-Francois Richet, a rather unknown French director at least abroad who made som... read more

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On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

Release date: 19 January 2005
UPC: 025192629525

Tags: Action (23), 2005 (11), Crime (11), Police (9), Drama (9), Remake (8), Thriller (7), Prison (7), 2000s (5), Murder (4), Drugs (4), Violence (3), Snowstorm (3), Winter (2), Intense (2), Overrated (2), (2), Corruption (2), Cops (2), 109 Min (1)

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“(BluRay) 'A fucking western in modern LA where the fucking injuns are a mysteriou mixed gang'. That could be a good conservative resume of this little, non starred, pure dramatic concentratated, with a litle hawksian group (the girl is more active than Angie Dickinsonin Rio Bravo)...” read more

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" Directed by: Jean Francois Richet Produced by: Don Carmody, Pascal Caucheteux, Jeffrey Silver, Joseph Kaufmann, Stephane Sperry, and Sebastien Lemercier Based on the film by: John Carpenter Written by: James DeMonsco Cinematography: Robert Gantz Edited by: Bill Pankow Music by: Graeme Revell Distributed by: Focus Features"

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"Re-Watched 12/30/2016 Rating 6.0/10 Format: Blu Ray After watching the original this was still good decent it doesn't match the original, it has a great cast though. "

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" Directed by Jean-Francois Richet Starring Ethan Hawke, Titus Welliver, Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Dillon, Maria Bello, Dorian Harewood, Kim Coates, Ja Rule, Brian Dennehy, Matt Craven, Aisha Hinds, Currie Graham, Gabriel Byrne, Drea de Matteo, and John Leguizamo "