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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
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Movie Review by AJ 
August 24th, 2006
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I didn't much care for John Carpenter's original 1976 Assault on Precinct 13, and I like this one even less. At least the original had a modicum of intelligence and had the balls to go for something truly shocking--the ice cream truck scene, anyone?--even if it amounted to little else than shock effect. Though at least there was that "little else." Jean-François Richet's remake is basically a bunch of moronic archetypes holed up together in a very uncreepy old police precinct with a lot of dumb cops trying to barge in. The original may not have worked too well, but it actually had enemies who meant something and who represented part of the story's thematic structure...as I've heard it described before, it was basically Dawn of the Dead, only grittier and more realistic (though nowhere near as good). The best way to describe this one is that it's basically on the level of a subpar outing from Showtime or Cinemax...and considering HBO's the only cable network that's consistently impressed me, that's really saying something, and not something good. At least John Leguizamo is here to alleviate all of the badness.
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 | B Movie Ben
Mar 14, 2007 9:56 AM
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| There is nothing to really recommend this movie except for Maqria Bello and Drea de Matteo. It is always enjoyable to see Joey's sister. Otherwise the movie was unrealistic and dull. |
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