Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Rated R - Violence & Language
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne
Directed by: Jean-Francois Richet
The Story:
It's New Year's Eve and a Detroit police station is going to close its doors one final time. Sgt Roenick (Hawke) and a skeleton crew of police are holding down the fort when a prison transport carrying notorious mob boss Marion Bishop (Fishburne) arrives seeking shelter from a snowstorm. Things go from bad to worse when the station is besieged by vigilantes looking to take out Bishop. Imagine Roenick's surprise when he learns that those killers outside are actually cops, looking to take out Bishop before he can testify that there are dirty cops in Detroit!
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That said, I've watched this film on two different occasions.
I've enjoyed the film both times.
It's tightly scripted, well-acted by an impressive cast that also includes Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo and Maria Bello.
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It's a thriller that ratchets up the suspense with each passing moment. The only hope the precinct has of survival is to arm the prisoners and work together to stay alive.
Of course, cops and robbers don't exactly trust each other, so it's an uneasy alliance at best.
Add to that the layer of intrigue by having the cops as the ones on the outside attempting to kill everyone inside, and you've got a pretty gripping tale.
It's a B movie that doesn't attempt to do anything but entertain the audience and tell a decent story.
On that note, it succeeds brilliantly.
Final Grade: B
Would I Watch It Again? Yes, it's entertaining and clips by at a decent pace.
Would I Purchase It? I've had it on my wish list for almost a decade now. Perhaps someday I will pull the trigger?
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