Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13
    2005

    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

    Recommendations

    • 80

      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.