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Assault On Precinct 13 (DVD, 2001)
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Title: Assault On Precinct 13
Leading Role: Austin Stoker,Darwin Joston,Henry Brandon,Kim Richards,Laurie Zimmer,Martin West,Nancy Loomis
Director: John Carpenter
EAN: 0044007812822
Release Year: 2001
Rating: UK:18
Product ID: EPID3949214
Description: Director John Carpenter's second film is a brutal, realistic story about the siege of a small police precinct by a violent and well-armed gang. The gang is seeking the man who killed some of their members in revenge for the accidental sh...
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A classic film
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I watched the remake and it's ok but the 1st one is always new best. I think it will become a classic film and I can watch it over and over, superb.
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LAs deadliest street gang just declared war on the copsReview created: 05/08/06
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Assault on Precinct 13 is a 1976 action / thriller movie, directed by John Carpenter. It is an homage to the 1959 film Rio Bravo by Howard Hawks. It is considered by many to be one of the greatest exploitation films ever made.
Plot Outline: The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
This is rightly considered a classic cult movie from the 1970's by the once reliable John Carpenter (who also composed the edgy early synth score). Basically it's a faint mish-mash of other movies, the dialogue is reminiscent of great westerns as a black policeman and a white convict battle against gang members in a Night of The Living Dead re-working. It's also tempting to draw Vietnam allegories (as with many American movies of the mid 1970's and after); the faceless, nameless gang members die in the droves but keep attacking the besieged police station and the lawmen and the lawbreakers, black and white, must unite to defeat them and escape with their lives.
The real joy of this movie, however, is the playing of the two virtually unknown leads, Austin Stoker and the late Darwin Joston. They have a great, almost wry chemistry and use Carpenter's stripped-down witty dialogue to great effect. Because there are no 'stars', there are no real expectations, and the shocks when they come (including the famous ice cream sequence) are more shocking for it.
The representation of women leaves a little to be desired (the two female characters obviously shop at the same sweater store!) but the character Lee shows some inner strength and resolve, and even has time for some kind of upper hand in terms of sexual tension between herself and Joston's Napoleon Wilson.
If you haven't seen this movie I urge you to watch it; in terms of B movies and cult thrillers it's the yardstick in my opinion; simple, stylish, violent, witty and not remotely sentimental.
Plot Outline: The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
This is rightly considered a classic cult movie from the 1970's by the once reliable John Carpenter (who also composed the edgy early synth score). Basically it's a faint mish-mash of other movies, the dialogue is reminiscent of great westerns as a black policeman and a white convict battle against gang members in a Night of The Living Dead re-working. It's also tempting to draw Vietnam allegories (as with many American movies of the mid 1970's and after); the faceless, nameless gang members die in the droves but keep attacking the besieged police station and the lawmen and the lawbreakers, black and white, must unite to defeat them and escape with their lives.
The real joy of this movie, however, is the playing of the two virtually unknown leads, Austin Stoker and the late Darwin Joston. They have a great, almost wry chemistry and use Carpenter's stripped-down witty dialogue to great effect. Because there are no 'stars', there are no real expectations, and the shocks when they come (including the famous ice cream sequence) are more shocking for it.
The representation of women leaves a little to be desired (the two female characters obviously shop at the same sweater store!) but the character Lee shows some inner strength and resolve, and even has time for some kind of upper hand in terms of sexual tension between herself and Joston's Napoleon Wilson.
If you haven't seen this movie I urge you to watch it; in terms of B movies and cult thrillers it's the yardstick in my opinion; simple, stylish, violent, witty and not remotely sentimental.
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assault on precinct 13Review created: 22/10/08
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) John Carpenter at his very best. This film is in my top 10 of all time.I've loved this film for years. there is a superb blend of shock and humour and a haunting score performed by carpenter himself.fantastic
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1975)Review created: 10/11/06
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I like the original Assault on Precinct 13 because it is a disassociation from the rules, regulations and bureaucracy this society has, which stifle the simple life we all try to lead.
I liken it to the single-mindedness of Terminator! Put yourself in the position of any of the main characters and it becomes quite understandable, exciting and rebellious.
I bought this as it reminds me there are still wastefull acts which people believe in. A reminder that people get sick of struggling to live, day after day, in a society strangled by too many rules, lack of justice, political correctness and lack of wealth.
I liken it to the single-mindedness of Terminator! Put yourself in the position of any of the main characters and it becomes quite understandable, exciting and rebellious.
I bought this as it reminds me there are still wastefull acts which people believe in. A reminder that people get sick of struggling to live, day after day, in a society strangled by too many rules, lack of justice, political correctness and lack of wealth.
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