Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeSergeant Jake Roenick
- Laurence FishburneMarion Bishop
- Gabriel ByrneCaptain Marcus Duvall
- Maria BelloDr. Alex Sabian
- Drea de MatteoIris Ferry
- John LeguizamoBeck
- Brian DennehySargeant Jasper O'Shea
- Ja RuleSmiley
- Currie GrahamMike Kahane
- Aisha HindsAnna
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Los Angeles Times
Smart, satisfying action entertainment that is also a perceptive work of considerable artistry. - 75
ReelViews
For what it is, Assault on Precinct 13 delivers. It's not great art, but, for B-movie fans and those looking for a mid-winter jolt of energy, it's good fun. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The 1976 John Carpenter original has been reworked enough to give the urban thriller a distinct flavor of its own, and stars Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne provide enough gravitas to keep things involving. - 70
Variety
In an era when similar genre pics increasingly resemble videogames, musicvideos or glossy commercials, the blunt, brawny simplicity of helmer Jean-Francois Richet's storytelling style seems positively novel. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
It's simply an astringent action flick that uses the wounded sensitivity of Ethan Hawke and Fishburne's witty hauteur to give the shoot-'em-up scenes some juice. - 70
Time
The differences between the two Assaults--the new one's pretty good, the old one near great--are of tone, style and perspective. - 70
Village Voice
A surprisingly credible action flick. - 50
The A.V. Club
Retains every hooky, marketable, and superficially attractive element from its source material while losing everything that made it special.