The plot is relatively simple. The film is set primarily in and around the title police precinct, a Los Angeles station that's set to be decommissioned and closed in just one day. Because it's ready ...

Although dozens of critics would eagerly point to the overflow of bad contemporary movies as evidence of the death of cinema, the real question is, why can’t movies be worse? Or, more specifically, ...

Assault on Precinct 13: Crime drama. Starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Dennehy and Drea de Matteo. Directed by Jean-Francois Richet. (R. 109 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Assault on ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of John Carpenter’s feature-length directorial debut. ComingSoon will cover each of the horror master’s films throughout 2024 as we chart his career from humble ...

The urban action flick is the Western of the modern era, with hoodlums and gangs replacing the outlaws and rustlers of the Old West. The law, of course, has remained the law, with police detectives ...

It’s a wintry night in Detroit on New Year’s Eve as the tense and exciting “Assault on Precinct 13” opens. A shabby facility on the edge of downtown, Precinct 13 is scheduled for imminent permanent ...

For my money, the original Assault on Precinct 13 wasn't all that great in the first place. It has a few cool moments and some novel ideas along with a totally irritating Carpenter score, but I've ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It turns out the cop Bishop killed was a crooked one, and he wasn’t alone. Apparently a large ...

Appropriately for the remake of a '70s cult-fave action-thriller, "Assault on Precinct 13" comes off as a purposefully retro slam-bang melodrama with an old-school approach to kicking ass, drawing ...

Watching Assault on Precinct 13, the volatile yet fairly lunkheaded remake of John Carpenter’s so-primitive-it’s-hip 1976 B movie, you may develop a fresh appreciation for how the crackling flow of ...

There are good remakes and bad remakes of classic films. Fitting snugly into the "what were they thinking?" category are movies like Gus van Sant's Psycho and The Amityville Horror, two ...