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Assault on Precinct 13 [UMD for PSP]
enlarge	Actors: Henry Brandon, Peter Bruni, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers, Frank Doubleday Studio: Image Entertainment List Price: ~~$24.99~~ Buy New: $1.97 as of 9/9/2010 18:26 CDT details You Save: $23.02 (92%) In Stock New (6) Used (2) from $1.96 Rating: 92 reviews Format: Color Language: English (Original Language) Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: UMD for PSP Region: 0 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Running Time: 91 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 UPC: 014381248593 EAN: 0014381248593 Release Date: July 26, 2005


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 92 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...19 Next » "I have moments..." August 3, 2010 S. Mick First, a word about the star rating... Like a lot of George Romero's work, when I watch (and rate) this film, I am taking into consideration (and forgving) the fact that John Carpenter had about five dollars to make it. It's low budget, the sets are obviously sets, and some of the acting is...well, not great. However, keeping all that in mind...this movie rocks. You have a young director just starting to flex his muscles. Yes, Carpenter has made some stinkers (Ghosts Of Mars anyone?) and some with great concepts that didn't quite pan out (Escape From New York...killer idea, bland execution) but he's starting the roll that would carry him through his classic stretch of films (Halloween, The Fog, Elvis, Escape... and, of course, The Thing). Like a lot of young writer/directors, he uses influences as a base for his story and characters and he leans on some of the best here: Howard Hawks (Rio Bravo, El Dorado) and George Romero (Night of the Living Dead). He creates a tight knit group, runs them through the ringer and lets their characters come out through the action, for good or ill as the case may be. What works: Napoleon Wilson: As played by Darwin Joston. Not a great actor, but incredibly likeable here. He definitely has his "moments." The action: staged and edited beautifully. The ending: our last three survivors revealed as the smoke clears. Amazing. The music: yes, repetive. It also kicks ass. When that theme comes on...killer! The closing lines: Bishop: It would be an honor to walk out with you. Wilson: I know it would And, the set up (SPOILER ALERT!): a child is killed. Shot in the chest. In medium close up. The cute liitle blond girl from Nanny and the Professor. Dead meat. Now, I'm not cheering this but the audacity of the scene, without which we don't have a movie, is even today, truly stunning. This a solid, low-budget action flick. The kind they don't make anymore. (And forget the remake) The kind of movie you'd see as the top of a drive-in double bill. And you'd forget to make out with your girlfriend because, once it gets started, you're watching. And rooting for these characters. And that theme! "Dun-duna-dun-dun. Dun-duna-dundun. Dun-duna-dundun. Dun-dun-duna-dundun." Great stuff. Julie: "Why would anybody want to shoot at a police station?" July 21, 2010 Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful After having recently seen the action intensive 2005 remake of John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, I thought it might be interesting to seek out the original. Carpenter's first theatrical release was an unusual sci-fi 5-reeler made when he was a college student and augmented with new footage for official release. DARK STAR (1974) had no budget to speak of and an often leisurely pace, yet its cult status is secure. It's interesting to see how far the young director had progressed in this, his second feature. Realistic sets and props plus some exterior shots lend credibility to the work. Carpenter's solo electronic keyboard soundtrack remains, but these occasional pensive fills enhance a mood of apprehension. For someone whose cinematic sensibilities have been blunted by decades of bullets and splattering blood, there's a moment during the ice cream truck scene that still shocked me. Haven't felt such an enervating jolt in a very long time. Up until then, the jury was out on this picture; now I was totally locked into its far-fetched story of dozens of L.A. gang members laying seige to a nearly abandoned police station. Among a no-name cast is one familiar face. Ex-boxer Tony Burton plays a convict who tries but fails to make a run for it. Burton appeared in all six ROCKY films, first as Apollo Creed's corner man and then Rocky Balboa's. It's important to note that in this version, the good guys aren't also the bad guys and like the remake, some bad guys can be good guys. Perhaps redemption is a perennial, generational desire. John Carpenter's "Precinct 13" may be old-fashioned by today's standards, yet give me more of this sort of actioner where suspense and danger are palpable and a viewer isn't overwhelmed by CGI and other special effects that buffet you like a handball against a roaring wall of noise soundtrack. Most highly recommended! "Great Carpenter Film!" April 20, 2010 Gregorypwilson (Syracuse, NY USA) John Carpenter's 1976 action thriller features a group of people trapped in a police station under siege by a gang. This is a great film and this collector's edition has nice picture and sound plus neat extras. Definitely get this. A cult fave, but really bad acting March 22, 2010 Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL) Hard to grasp why this 1976 relic is so revered, mostly by film buffs. Watching it unencumbered by hype, one is struck by how bad the acting is and how TV-ish the script. The plot is completely implausible: I laughed at it. In the middle of S. Central LA, a police station is being "closed" and no one seems to notice when a huge gang assaults it with rifles and guns blazing, for hours. You can hear crickets chirping in the station itself, which seems to be located in some type of park-like area. The interior looks like it was quickly remade from the set of a Western saloon, not a 1976 modern police station. I did enjoy seeing the vintage 70s cars: the cops all drive Ramblers! The girl who plays the station clerk wears a zombie-like expression throughout, even after she takes a bullet in the arm. Naturally, she falls a little for the death row inmate who kind of saves her. We never miss a chance, either, to shoot her in her tight sweater. If you need a laugh at an old-fashioned type of 70s movie, give this a scan. Assault On My Senses January 22, 2010 Paul A. Marsh (Ottawa, Ont. Canada) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful After seeing the re-make, which I enjoyed, and reading the reviews for the original, I decided to take the plunge and buy the original, which received higher feedback ratings. I was disappointed. The original plays like a B Movie. While some of the acting is okay in the original, and the stories closely resemble each other, the script and action are simply not as good or come across as realistic as the re-make. I'll leave it at that. Showing reviews 1-5 of 92 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...19 Next »

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