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Release Date
• USA: Jan 21, 2005
• UK: 28 Jan 2005
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 10, 2005
Budget USD 20,000,000
BoxOffice: $20.0M
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong violence and language throughout, and for some drug content.
Running Time
1 hour, 49 minutes
Country USA, France
Production Companies
Rogue Pictures, Liaisons Films, Why Not Productions, Biscayne Pictures, Focus Features
Studio Focus Features
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• Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama, Police, Revenge, Deception, Gore, Gangsters, Drugs, Urban, Hostage, Murder
Tagline: Unite and fight.
Plot: With only a few hours left in the calendar year, Precinct 13, one of Detroit's oldest precinct houses, is closing. Amid heavy snowfall and unsafe road conditions, only a few lawmen remain on duty for New Year's Eve. They are headed by Sergeant Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke), a good cop wrestling with bad memories of a fatal undercover op from the previous spring. Roenick and Precinct 13 have both seen better days. Early on December 31st, deep in the city, formidable crime lord Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne), is cornered by an undercover cop. Their ensuing struggle leaves the cop dead - and Bishop captured, by the Organized Crime and Racketeering squad that Marcus Duvall (Gabriel Byrne) runs. Bishop is handcuffed and herded onto a prison bus with several criminals: junkie Beck (John Leguizamo), hustler Smiley (Jeffrey "Ja Rule" Atkins), and gang member Anna (Aisha Hinds). But the battering snowstorm stops the bus well short of its high-security destination and strands it at the remote Precinct 13 - where, as night falls, the prisoners are temporarily incarcerated. This influx of prisoners irks Roenick, almost as much as visiting police psychologist Alex Sabian (Maria Bello) does. But Precinct 13's provocative secretary Iris Ferry (Drea de Matteo) and salty veteran cop Jasper "Old
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Smart, satisfying action entertainment that is also a perceptive work of considerable artistry.--Kevin Thomas
For those with a high tolerance for violence, Asssault on Precinct 13 is a thriller that actually thrills.--Lou Lumenick (New York Post)
Matches a dingy urban setting with a compelling situation and throws in an ensemble of interesting characters who become even more interesting under stress. This emphasis on character -- in a sense, the movie's underlying humanity -- is what especially links it to the 1970s.--Mick LaSalle (San Francisco Chronicle)
All classic and airtight, and handled by Richet with economy and a sturdy clarity of action; he doesn't go overboard with manic action scenes.--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
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.--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Strikingly shot with some wicked hand-held virtuousity, Assault is rivetingly suspenseful in how it toys with the morals of good guys flip-flopping to the dark side (and vice versa).--Aaron Hillis
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.--Michael Rechtshaffen (Hollywod Reporter)
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.--Joe Leydon (Variety)
In a preamble that sets up Hawke's character, the jittery hand-held camera and grainy palette establish the look and feel of a '70s movie, thus paying homage to the Carpenter version, which, frankly, had more suspense.--Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
Disappointing for a number of reasons. For one thing, it's silly. For another, it's not always silly enough to be diverting.--Wesley Morris (Boston Globe)
The big shift between Carpenter's B-movie and filmmaker Jean-François Richet's comic book-style remake is that instead of a troop of bloodthirsty gang members encircling the precinct, the bad guys here all look like good guys.--Steven Rea (Philadelphia Inquirer)
It's good for a silly laugh, this stuff. And maybe this movie will draw renewed attention to Carpenter's eminently better movie.--Desson Thomson (Washington Post)
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| The main thing this "Assault" lacks is a point. Mr. Carpenter's film still resonates with the political paranoia and social unease of the era. Mr. Carpenter's cynical refusal to distinguish clearly between good guys and bad guys feels freshly unsettling,while Mr. Richet's "modernization" looks like something we've seen a hundred times before. --A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
Pulp needs a pulse -- without one, it's DOA. No matter how hard some of its actors work to resuscitate it, Assault on Precinct 13 is as lifeless as a corpse on a slab.--Stephanie Zacharek (Salon)
Impressively made, extremely enjoyable remake that does justice to the original – with strong performances from its entire cast and nail-biting suspense sequences, this is a cut above the average Hollywood thriller.  --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
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