Flawed, but decently entertaining, and sometimes it feels like an old-fashioned thriller. What's with the forest scene at the end, though?

The film looks really good and the performances are spot on. The locations and set are used well and special effects are not showy. A good engaging movie.

I think this was a really good action movie, it was pretty much non-stop and had an excellent mix of characters. I would recommend it!!

I did like this film, but people are giving it a bit too much credit. It's really the story that still works, as lifted from Carpenter's classic, which itself was lifted from Hawks' "Rio Bravo". This movie really doesn't add anything that creative or interesting into the mix, just remixes the old movie into something, well...newer. The characters are stale and two-dimensional, but in a movie like this that doesn't really matter. All the actors are fine, it's the action scenes that keep things moving. Entertaining and very-adult, AOP13 will definitely keep you entertained for two hours, just don't expect to remember it an hour later.… Expand

There's nothing about this movie you haven't seen before. it was ok to watch though. gotta love hawke's acting during the introduction. whenever i see fishburne i always get the morpheus aura.

Straightforward, technocentric action-gore remake of John Carpenter's 1976 zip-budget wonder about cops and prisoners binding together to repel an attack by mysterious, wraithlike gangbangers, is neither the best nor the worst Unnecessary Remake of the past couple years, which seem to have seen a lot more of them even than usual. The major asset is the cast: Lawrence Fishburne, Brian Dennehy and Gabriel Byrne are nearly always a pleasure to watch; Maria Bello (The Cooler) is a police psychiatrist whose couch I'd love to share; and even lead Ethan Hawke, perhaps remembering from Before Sunrise/Sunset that he really CAN act, comes across a bit less generic than usual. There's also a clever twist on the old bromide of the veteran cop enduring his last day on the force before retirement--and stick around for the closing-credits rap song, which rehashes so many details of what we just watched 109 minutes of, you'd think Sherwood Schwartz wrote it! This version doesn't try to duplicate the notorious shoot-the-kid-from-Nanny-and-the-Professor-through-the-ice-cream-cone gag, but it DOES handily rip off the equally memorable stunt from Renny Harlin's Die Hard 2 involving an icicle. In Carpenter's original, the attackers were mostly unseen phantasms: an army of Michael Myerses in training; writer James DeMonaco and director Jean-Francois Richet try too hard to introduce real-world logic into the mix--and why did they almost completely jettison the romantic/sexual tension between two characters on oposite sides of the law that was so vital in the original? Oh well, at least this is a lot more competent and watchable than Carpenter's most recent theatrical effort, the laughable Ghosts of Mars...so I guess that's gotta count for SOMETHING!… Expand

It was good.

Good adrenaline movie. Nonstop action with some good surprises. Obviously with some Hollywood finesse thrown in but the bad guys being police made for some good extreme tactical action. Also had good twists of realistic "not everything is going to be ok" fate. Not for everyone but I was highly entertained.

After a moderately intriguing first five minutes this film just becomes unbearable, plagued with terrible acting, stupid dialogue and daft twists. There was no reason to re-make the 70's classic this could have easily just have been a different movie completely. NOTE: never cast Ja Rule in a film!

I agree with Spencer V on this one. Gotta love the dodging bullets part.... wait, wrong movie. Anyways, not as good as Pokemon The Movie, since they're the same type of movie, but it's well worth your time.

Good movie, good action.

I found it unbelievable from the start. Actually found it boring. Stupid film.

Painfully childish logic employed in the storyline.

Just because you probably won't believe a minute of it doesn't mean you won't have a good time. Sit back, don't ask any questions,and enjoy. P.S. Was the original really as well received as the critics say it was?

Every one is comparing this to the classic, i am 16 and never knew about the old one but this is a great action film, and i like all the guns. this is worth seeing, but i do admit this isn't for everyone i think it is more aimed at the young adult adience.

Very entertaining! Good story and great action. Go this this above all the other crap that's out there now.

WOW! I wasn't expecting this good of a movie. A throw back to the 1970's movies! ( yes I know its a remakeof a 1976 Carpenter Classic) Hollywood did a great remake for the first time in years! I can't remember the last time a movie gave me such a surprise...And that's a good thing.

I liked this movie. Finally a realistic action movie. Very good but it was hard to get the morphues image out of your head. Just doge the bullets Morphues!

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Pretty convential action stuff here, the storyline doesn't matter too much, this is all simple entertainment.

terrible film, completely unbelievable storyline, one dimensional characters, unimpressive action sequences its got the lot. Go see 16 blocks instead.

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.