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Genres:
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Action /
Drama /
Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Jean-François Richet
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Actors:
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Matt Craven,
Ja Rule,
Fulvio Cecere,
Aisha Hinds,
Ethan Hawke,
Laurence Fishburne,
Gabriel Byrne,
Maria Bello,
Drea de Matteo,
John Leguizamo,
Brian Dennehy,
Currie Graham,
Peter Bryant,
Kim Coates,
Hugh Dillon
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Duration:
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109 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)93
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Plot Summary:
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A cop (Ethan Hawke) must arm prisoners to help fend off an denounce by gunmen who stand in want to dull a gangster (Laurence Fishburne) locked away in the crumbling location.
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Assault on Precinct 13
Cop Ethan Hawke and gang lord Laurence Fishburne must fight side-by-side when their station house is besieged. Remake of John Carpenter's urban western
The term "remake" seems to have fallen out of favour, being superseded by the more vainglorious "reimagining". It's how Tim Burton described his career low Planet Of The Apes, and it's the term used for the 2004 Dawn Of The Dead. Here it's rolled out again for this remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film, itself an urban reworking of Howard Hawks' 1959 western Rio Bravo. Despite this convoluted heritage, Assault On Precinct 13 is an energetic film that starts out intense and stays that way for the best part of 107 minutes.
A prologue features a Rottweiler being punched in the head and...
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