Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
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Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 24 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: 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 shooting of his daughter. After the father enacts his... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Nancy Loomis
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Assault on Precint 13's powerful exercise in democracy [...] is nothing short of one for the ages.
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04/05/08
While the Carpenter 1976 cult classic feasted off the blaxploitation and horror thriller mania of the movie moment back then, French director Richet gets more into character depth, and greater moral ambiguity fueling the social contradictions now.
03/24/07
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05/26/06
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02/09/06
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01/17/06
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09/26/05
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07/29/05
As formally compact and rigorously efficient as anything the genre filmmaker ever made.
06/22/05
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05/09/05
Top Critic
Uma idéia simples que gerou um filme tenso e envolvente graças à direção eficiente de Carpenter e de seu roteiro repleto de diálogos irreverentes e memoráveis.
04/04/05
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02/01/05
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01/24/05
Like Night of the Living Dead', it offers a protagonist who is black, a morality that is grey, and social commentary in the guise of horror.
01/24/05
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