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- A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.
- On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
- A remake of John Carpenter's superior film of the same title from 1976, Assault on Precinct 13 concerns a siege on a largely abandoned police station, which is related to the presence of a notorious criminal, Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne). It's left up to a ragtag group of police employees and criminals to defend themselves.<br/><br/>I should start by noting that I absolutely love Carpenter's original film. In my view it is one of his best, perfectly capturing the suburban desolation of 1970s Los Angeles, and exquisitely suspenseful and horrifying, even though it's not really a horror film. Despite that, when this remake of Assault on Precinct 13 began, I had high hopes for it. The first scene is well directed, well shot, with excellent dialogue. It turns into an intense action scene at just the right moment, and results in some realistic, gritty deaths. The opening is as good as anything in the Carpenter film.<br/><br/>Unfortunately, Assault on Precinct 13's excellence ended right there. It's not exactly a bad film--I enjoyed it more often than not, but it does have more than its share of flaws. In the end, my rating average out to a 7 out of 10. Recommendable, but with reservations.<br/><br/>The first problem is that director Jean-Francois Richet tries to do too much--too much backstory, too many characters, too many over-the-top characters, too many quick cuts, too much shaky hand-held camera work, too many "big action moves", too many explosions, too many settings, and it's too dark. That the film is often so quickly edited and dark makes it too often difficult to see what's going on in the action scenes. Carpenter's film succeeded by being very taut, economical, sober and logical in its directorial style. Richet tries to one-up the original by forgoing all of those qualities. By the second or third scene, I was fairly confused. Superfluous characters were popping in and out, people were mumbling dialogue, and there was a whole complex backstory being hinted at and not spelled out very well.<br/><br/>The brutal shooting near the beginning of the original film, which sets off the whole sequence of events, was dropped--that thread was completely removed from the film. It was lamentable in that this new Assault loses much of the simple, sensible drive the thread provided, and it was surely a decision based on political correctness. Likewise, Bishop is not allowed to be a clear-cut bad guy here. That saps some of the effectiveness out of his cooperation. In this film, he might be mostly tough talk. The other criminals in the film are either left largely unexplained or guilty of only petty or consensual crimes. I find this kind of political correctness in films reprehensible, although I realize it's primarily a studio decision.<br/><br/>On the positive side, the villains here were cleverly conceived, and their nature makes them much more menacing physically. On the negative side, however, Richet lost the Night of the Living Dead (1968) zombie-like nature of the marauders, which saps suspense from the attacks. The logistics of the defense of the police station and details of their dilemma are not very clearly scripted or staged, either, which doesn't help. Another flaw is that some intruders seem to inexplicably hesitate. Another positive, though, is that Richet's film brings back a few small details, such as the capture of the criminal at the beginning of the film, and a substance addiction in one of the heroes leading to a character transformation, found in Rio Bravo (1959), the film that in conjunction with Night of the Living Dead, was the main inspiration for Carpenter's original film.<br/><br/>Also on the positive side, this Assault has a skilled (and much more well known) cast. Even though Richter occasionally directed them to be a bit too over-the-top, the performances hit many very interesting notes. And a few of the additions to the original film, such as a Mexican standoff and a couple later scenes outside the police station were excellent. The increased firepower here may also be to some viewer's liking.<br/><br/>A viewer less fond of the original, or even unfamiliar with the original, may like Assault better than I did. I may have even liked it better if the original were not so fresh in my memory (I just watched it again it recently--a review is forthcoming). There are enough redeeming aspects for action fans to make it worth at least a rental or a viewing on cable, but approach the film with lowered expectations.
- I just actually discovered that Assault was a remake of a John Carpenter film...I had no idea...and I love Carpenter. Nonetheless I had seen no previews and had no idea what the film was about but went just for something different. Something different doesn't exactly describe this film. It's more of the same and run of the mill as far as action films go although I was pleased to see it was not PG'd to death and held it's own as a gory, violent action flick for adults. The plot is far from new and it's step by step rehash which I admit is getting a little old. Terrorists, small group of people, fighting back, everyone dying except two etc. etc. etc. Nowadays it's hard to find a good, original concept in film so we have to deal with same old, same old which can still leave you satisfied as does this film.<br/><br/>Assault is the story of a cop who was in charge of an undercover mission that ended with the death of his team. Ashamed and guilt driven he hides behind a desk for the next couple of years over seeing a run down, off the heat precinct with some over the hill cops that never see the action. The Precinct is now being closed up and the cops are being sent out to various other departments. It's the final hours before they close up shop on New Years Eve and due to a brutal storm a bus-load of small time criminals are forced to be kept at the Precinct under the watch of the cop played by Ethan Hawke. Unfortunately on board the bus is also a big time mob boss accused of killing a cop, and suddenly the Precinct is under heavy attack and they learn the terrorists outside are wanting to assassinate the mob boss played by Lawrence Fishburn. Stranded inside the precinct is a cop Psychologist, Hawke's character, a the bus driver, and the other cops working in Precinct 13. Hawke's guilt kicks him into protective mode and he is determined not let anyone else die under his watch. A secret plot involving dirty cops is uncovered and action fills the rest.<br/><br/>Because I said the plot of this film is more of the same I must explain what makes this movie the amazing film that it is...besides the action. If not for these two things, these movie would be outright boring and basically suck. First off...the cast...the actors in this film bring to life such a unique group of characters that it's just amazing. Hawke, who I am not always fond of, plays the angry, torn, and internally furious Jake Roenick. His character is deep and interesting. Maria Bello as the seemingly composed Psychologist puts depth and realism into her character. Lawrence Fishburn is amazing as the anti hero, larger than life Marion Bishop and him and Hawke make the best enemies forced to be partners ever. The rest of the minor cast including Ja Rule, and the barely recognizable John Leguizamo are amazing character actors that put some amazing depth into their minor characters. These characters all have their own issues, agenda's, reasoning, and lives and it manages to come through in the film. Not only the actors bring this to life but the amazing direction of Jean-François Richet. This film is beautifully directed, with it's snow falling scenes and it's dark, gritty atmosphere right to the end battles across a snow fallen forest. It's poetic and beautiful considering this to be a violent action film. All in all...these things over shadow the same old plot line making it a worthy film and one of the best action films I have seen in years. This one is a definite film to see!!! 9/10 Big shout out to my beautiful girl Sam who went to see it with me
- The differences between the two Assaults--the new one's pretty good, the old one near great--are of tone, style and perspective.
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