Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

Watched films in 2019 (51 movies items)

"18.7. Elisa viihde Uusintakatselu, nyt oikealla kuvasuhteella. Voima on edelleen kiistaton, eikä sen ylittäneitä montaa ole vieläkään. Värikkään hahmogallerian sullominen pieneen tilaan, hillittömän laajakuvan eteen hermostuttaisi jo ilman ulkoista uhkaakin."

“Aside from the slow-paced exposition built during the first thirty minutes, an armed gang and a prison van converge at the titular police precinct, enabling the nail-biting action to unfold at a sustained yet breakneck pace. With grimy indoor and outdoor scenery, suspense-driven interplay and ever-looming threat elevating the dark atmosphere, the film's taut plot resembles the "outnumbered siege" structure of "Rio Bravo" and "Night of the Living Dead", albeit with outgunned vengeful gangs in place of mindless zombies, however, an effective synthesizer score enhances the unsettling mood of the film into near-horror territory.” read more

Movies Viewed in 2018 (361 movies items)

"John Carpenter's modern western is a masterclass of low-budget thrillers as a deserted police station comes under siege, with a cop, a secretary and two prisoners having to fight to stay alive. Borrowing from Night of the Living Dead and Rio Bravo, this builds the tension nicely with dark humour and brilliant use of light. It also has one of the most notorious scenes, the ice-cream van sequence. Still managing to pull no punches, even after over 40 years."

Miika's Movie Diary - 2018 (222 movies items)

"9.2, DVD, rewatch"

Movie Reviews (151-200) (50 movies items)

" Engaging action siege movie that almost get me to think about "Night of the Living Dead" but the zombies are replaced with gang-members carrying silencers instead. The gritty low budget give the movie a realistic documentary feel and the spare but effective synthesizer music add to the atmosphere. Even more shocking is the heartbreaking "meaningless murder" midway through the film that only the 1970s would have passed through the censorship system."

Movies seen in 2017 (198 movies items)

"28.05. Blu-ray, 1st viewing DIRECTED BY John Carpenter "

Movies Watched in 2017 (302 movies items)

"May 13th Directed by: John Carpenter"

365 movies in 365 days (2016) (365 movies items)

"Watched 12/30/2016 Rating 7.5/10 Format: Blu Ray This was pretty good i had watched the remake years ago and wanted to give it another watch and when i look it up i seen this and i come to find out it was directed by John Carpenter so i had to watch it. "

Movies I Watched In 2016! (114 movies items)

"On Blu-Ray. 9/23/16."