Assault on Precinct 13 (Full Screen Edition) | 
| Director: Jean-francois Richet
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea De Matteo
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Rating:  113 reviews
Sales Rank: 59227
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Serbo-croatian (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD26295D
ISBN: 1417030046
UPC: 025192629525
EAN: 9781417030040
ASIN: B0007W7I56
Theatrical Release Date: January 19, 2005
Release Date: May 10, 2005
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Product Description
A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on new years eve just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 02/06/2007 Starring: Ethan Hawke Harvey Keitel Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R Director: Jean-francois Richet
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Action buffs will have a fine time with the spray of bullets, shattering glass, and pyrotechnic silliness that makes up the bulk of Assault on Precinct 13. Updated from the little-known cops-and-robbers classic John Carpenter made in 1976 (two years before he made his name with Halloween), this high-concept thriller is mostly a lowbrow kill-fest, and is very happy with itself for being so efficient in both categories. A decrepit police station on its last night before retirement--New Year's Eve, no less--plays unexpected home to a gang of criminals who become snowbound in the basement lockup. Another mysterious gang of people who stealthily gather in the blizzard outside want one of the particularly nasty criminals (Laurence Fishburne) dead, and they'll take the rest of the precinct down too, by golly. The odd lot of characters trapped inside include a burned-out sergeant (Ethan Hawke), a sexpot secretary (post-Sopranos Drea de Matteo), an even sexier police psychologist (Maria Bello), and various other good guys and bad guys who variously go down in blazes of guts, glory, bullets, and fire. Hawke and Fishburne are opposite sides of the coin: the law, and the bathroom scale. Their need to partner in order to survive the guns outside is the movie's moral conflict, and both actors chew on Precinct 13's peeling walls and scuffed floors to drive the point home every chance they get. Obvious filmmaking fakery abounds in everything from the irksome snowstorm, frequent gunshots to the head, and a shadowy forest that conveniently presents itself in an industrial section of Detroit for the climactic showdown. No matter, this Assault is for non-thinkers who want blood and gunpowder, with no messy slowdowns for logic, please.--Ted Fry
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 Solid Movie April 22, 2009
Joseph Cisneros (Chicago, IL USA)
Assault on Precinct 13 [HD DVD], is a very good movie. It has a balance of action and suspense and is well done. The 2 main stars Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne give great performances, and so does the rest of the cast. If you liked Training Day, you should check this movie out. The bonus features were also interesting and very detailed so check those out as well.
 not hd's fault January 31, 2009
Robert Kirkpatrick
this is a decent movie, but not one that makes hd shine. its shot dark and grainy so it doesnt look very impressive in hd, but its not the movies fault. although the hd surround sound makes it decent
 Best Action Flick In Long Time January 6, 2009
Joe Pillera (Northville, MI USA)
These other reviewers are way to tough on this. Frankly, it's the best action flick I've seen in many years - bar none. If you like movies that keep you on the edge of your seat during the entire story, buy this movie. It's a keeper.
The original was great, but the remake is even better October 27, 2008
Genevieve Hayes (Australia)
On New Year's Eve, the few remaining police officers at a police precinct that is set to close the next day, and their prisoners, find themselves cut off from the outside world and under siege. Their attackers outnumber them considerably and will not stop until everyone inside the precinct is dead.
I am probably committing a sacrilege by saying this, but even though the original John Carpenter version of "Assault on Precinct 13" is a really great film, the remake is even better. Screenwriter James DeMonaco has taken Carpenter's original idea, kept all of the things that worked and fixed all of the things that didn't. For example, in the original film, the people attacking the precinct were essentially zombies: they never spoke; they had no personality; and they kept on coming at the precinct with no fear of death and with only the flimsiest of motives. In the remake, the attackers are humanized (in the form of Gabriel Byrne) and given a motive that is strong enough to make me believe that they would lay siege on a police precinct and keep going to the death. DeMonaco also gives more humanity to the people inside the precinct. These people, particularly Sgt Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) and gangster Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburn), are real people with real flaws, whereas in the original, I always felt that criminal Napoleon Wilson (Marion Bishop's counterpart) was a bit too honourable to be a gangster. These changes made this film a lot more satisfying for me and convinced me that this is the better of the two films. Having said that, the original is also thoroughly worth watching and I recommend that anyone who is interested in seeing this film see both versions, back to back, and make up their own mind about which is the better of the two.
An Action-Packed Remake!!! September 9, 2008
PUMPKIN MAN
I think I like this version better than the original! It has more action, it's New Year's Eve, it's snowing! At a rundown precinct, four prisoners are dropped because of weather conditions, after the New Year's ball drops, the sh#t hits the fan. Crooked cops are coming to kill Bishop, a cop-killer. The crooked cops will kill anyone who gets in their way. The good cops must receive help from the prisoners if they want to make it out alive! If you love action, you'll love ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13!!!
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