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Mixed or average reviews - based on 39 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 46 Ratings

  • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne
  • Summary: 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)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 39
  2. Negative: 5 out of 39
  1. Smart, satisfying action entertainment that is also a perceptive work of considerable artistry.
  2. 75
    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.
  3. 60
    A slicked up, perfectly watchable update of a movie that was just about perfect on its own bleakly seedy terms.
  4. Whatever spark the newer Precinct 13 has comes from its supporting players.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Negative: 5 out of 25
  1. [Anonymous]
    7
    Flawed, but decently entertaining, and sometimes it feels like an old-fashioned thriller. What's with the forest scene at the end, though?
  2. GrahamM.
    7
    What is good and redeeming about this film is the atmosphere and mood. Feels almost like it could be a horror film. Some of this film has the atmosphere of and could remind some of the game Resident Evil 2. Expand
  3. Despite its slightly fantastical plot, it actually proves to be an entertaining B-Movie.
  4. alexh.
    3
    Painfully childish logic employed in the storyline.

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