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An Intriguing Tale of Bad Cop vs. Good Cop Assault on Precinct 13 Movie Review Director: Jean-Francois Richet Actors: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, and Maria Bello Rated R: For Strong Violence and Language Throughout, and For Some Drug Content. A soon-to-be-demolished police station is watched over by a police captain (Ethan Hawke) and his crew on New Year's Eve. But the prisoners they're guarding become their allies when a gangster (Laurence Fishburne) breaks into the joint to free his former criminal colleagues. A rogue officer (Gabriel Byrne) wants all of them dead before they can get to a trial that will bring down all the crooked cops on the force. Assault on Precinct 13 is an excellent movie. The Acting, Directing, Special Effects, and Writing were all magnificent. I have no negative comments about this film. I do however have a couple positive aspects that stand out, Make no mistake; Assault on Precinct 13 is an action movie, not a thriller. It delves into character conflict and tightens screws, but only until the bullets start flying again. For the most part it plays predictable and reliable moments with just enough left turns to still be fresh and interesting. It's often darkly funny as well. Fishburne and Hawke are the best things about the film, particularly Fishburne who is ice-cube cool from his first scene to his last. Every moment he's on screen is fun. Hawke's intro is excellent, but he spends the next half-hour wallowing in standard burnt-out cop self-pity until the shooting starts. From there on in he's engaging and fun and he and Fishburne have a great rapport. Still, it would be interesting if one of these films didn't have a main character that's burnt-out or on-the-edge. That's what makes Fishburne's Bishop so entertaining. He knows what he is and he has no qualms about it. He just does what he has to do. Assault on Precinct 13 is fun, engaging, and a little clichéd, but amongst the recent crop of bland PG-13 action movies for the whole family, it stands tall as an example of how to do an action movie right. Overall this is a great action packed good cop/bad cop movie email this review to a friend
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