| Assault on Precinct 13 |
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| Rated R |
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| Original Story Synopsis: |
| It's New Year's Eve and a mobster is being held at Precinct 13. When his gang decides to break him out of jail, it's up to a small force of policemen and a group of inmates to stop them |
| Movie-Pix Best Guess: |
| A modern remake on John Carpenter's 1976 film. While it sounds like a good premise for a film, it will most likely be an over the top, over violent film. |
| By Todd Karella January 19, 2005 |
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| Best Guess Results: |
| A very good action flick with a number of plot twists. The action was believable and an overall entertaining film. |
| ~Not all bad guys wear black~ |
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| Just shortly after celebrating the New Year a couple of masked men are found breaking into the station trying to rescue Bishop.
Trying to overcompensate for what happened eight months ago, Jake takes it upon himself to protect everyone and not release Bishop to his gang waiting outside. Finding their phone lines cut and both their radios and cell phones jammed they realize that they must wait for help to come to them, unless Jake can get to the radio aboard the bus. Unfortunately, he finds more than he bargains for. Not only is the radio destroyed, but he learns the |
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| Sometimes you just need a dose of good old fashioned kill or be killed. The film Assault on Precinct 13 fits the bill perfectly.
This film isn't about great acting or witty dialogue. It's about the survival of the fittest, good guys versus bad guys, and escaping with your life. A concept used many times before and in this case a remake of John Carpenter's |
| 1976 film.
After an undercover drug bust goes bad, the only surviving police officer Jake Fornik (Ethan Hawke), is left with survivors guilt. Using the excuse of his gunshot wound he manages to get himself a desk job in a small rundown precinct where little ever happens. |
| Year's Eve the station is being along with retiring officer, Jasper Iris (Drea de Matteo), the station's get to spend the Holiday finishing busload of convicts is heading minor thugs, but the fourth is the (Laurence Fishburne). Their bus precinct 13 for the night due to a |
| Eight months later on New permanently closed, and Jake O'Shea (Brian Dennehey), and secretary, are the one's who the last few details. Unbeknownst to the three, a their way. Three of them are notorious cop killer, Bishop has been forced to stop at heavy snowstorm. |
| identity of the men outside. It's not Bishop's men who have surrounded the building. It's the police.
Fearing Bishop's capture will result in him testifying against more than 30 dirty cops, they have decided to kill him before he can talk. And now that Jake knows their identity, no one inside the station will be allowed to leave alive. The only way any of them will have any chance is if they arm everyone, including the criminals. This decision sets up a lot of possible confrontations to come not knowing whom they can really trust. Not only is this a good action film, but there's enough twists and turns that it doesn't become predictable. Just when the audience thinks it has something figured out, the complete opposite occurs |
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| Movie-Pix Hit or Miss |
| Sgt. Jake Fornik-Ethan Hawke |
| Praying ain't gonna help us |
| If only all cops looked like this |
| What's wrong with a gun in church? |
| With friends like these, who needs enemies? |
| She likes the bad boys |
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