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Assault on Precinct 13
Focus Features
MPAA RATING: R for strong violence and language throughout, and for some drug content
Starring
Ethan Hawke,
Laurence Fishburne,
Maria Bello,
John Leguizamo,
Drea de Matteo,
Gabriel Byrne,
Brian Dennehy,
and
Ja Rule
To survive the night, cops and criminals alike will have to unite and fight. A classic head-to-head showdown ignites in this all-new update of the 1976 action thriller of the same name. (Rogue Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Crime
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Drama
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
James DeMonaco
John Carpenter (earlier film)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Jean-François Richet
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 10, 2005
Video: May 10, 2005
Theatrical: January 19, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
109 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
80
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Smart, satisfying action entertainment that is also a perceptive work of considerable artistry.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
This remake is considerably different and, for once, the changes have not hurt the film.

75
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
For those with a high tolerance for violence, Asssault on Precinct 13 is a thriller that actually thrills.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
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.

75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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.

75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Stephen Cole
One of this enlightened B-movie's many pleasures is French director Jean-François Richet's handling of atmosphere and setting. Shot almost entirely at night in a blinding snowstorm, the crime drama is an intriguing remodelling of a classic film noir.

75
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
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.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
The movie rips and roars.

75
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Smart, entertaining update.

75
Premiere
Aaron Hillis
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).

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Less suspenseful than the original but more ethically nuanced, politically pointed, and violent.

70
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
It doesn’t surpass the original, but neither does it disgrace its lineage.

70
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
It's no classic, but you don't need to be a cultist to get in on the tawdry fun.
70
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
A surprisingly credible action flick.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
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
Joe Leydon
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
Ken Tucker
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
Richard Corliss
The differences between the two Assaults--the new one's pretty good, the old one near great--are of tone, style and perspective.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Serviceable, occasionally compelling but often formulaic.

63
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
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.

60
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
A slicked up, perfectly watchable update of a movie that was just about perfect on its own bleakly seedy terms.

60
Empire
Staff (Not credited)
A smart script, edgy acting and a gradual accumulation of suspense set-pieces makes for a decent popcorn high.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Volatile yet fairly lunkheaded.

50
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
Disappointing for a number of reasons. For one thing, it's silly. For another, it's not always silly enough to be diverting.

50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
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.

50
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Excitably puppyish homage.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
By playing it safe, the new Precinct leaves the audience sorry and restores thirteen to its place as the unluckiest number.

50
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
It's all energetically filmed, but I miss the cool, modest clarity of the first version. Bigger isn't always better, even at the movies.

50
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
It's good for a silly laugh, this stuff. And maybe this movie will draw renewed attention to Carpenter's eminently better movie.

50
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
It's a run-of-the-mill action film that falls short of the 1976 original - and, for that matter, the 1959 western "Rio Bravo," which inspired the first film. The characters run out of energy and personality long before they run out of bullets.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
Retains every hooky, marketable, and superficially attractive element from its source material while losing everything that made it special.

40
The New York Times
Dana Stevens
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.

40
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Still breaks the first and only commandment of remakes: Thou shall at the very least do justice to the original, or thou shall not be made at all.

40
Dallas Observer
Robert Wilonsky
Aims to be loud, dumb fun, only it takes itself too seriously to offer anything approaching a good time.

38
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
Whatever spark the newer Precinct 13 has comes from its supporting players.

33
Portland Oregonian
Shawn Levy
Hampered from the start by the numbingly formulaic additions by screenwriter James DeMonaco ("The Negotiator"). Toss in needlessly fussy visuals and a climax that is hilariously out of whack, and you've got an excellent excuse to stay home and watch the original.

30
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It's never wise to try to one-up a classic.

30
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
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.

30
Slate
David Edelstein
Lousy remake.


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