Assault on Precinct 13

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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R 11/05/1976 (US) Thriller, Action, Crime 1h 31m

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L.A.'s deadliest street gang just declared war on the cops.

Overview

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.

John Carpenter

Director, Writer

Top Billed Cast

Austin Stoker

Ethan Bishop
Darwin Joston

Napoleon Wilson
Laurie Zimmer

Leigh
Martin West

Lawson
Tony Burton

Wells
Charles Cyphers

Starker
Nancy Kyes

Julie
Peter Bruni

Ice Cream Man
John J. Fox

Warden
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A review by John Chard

10.0

Written by John Chard on May 31, 2015

There are no heroes anymore, Bishop. Just men who follow orders.

Assault on Precinct 13 is written, directed, edited and musically scored by John Carpenter. It stars Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers and Nancy Kyes. Cinematography is by Douglas Knapp.

If you are going to homage films that you love, or ones that influence you, then you have to get it right. Something John Carpenter most assuredly did with this, his first masterpiece. Plot and structure of film are simplicity extreme, but it's the execution that matters here, the cool ven... read the rest.

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