Assault on Precinct 13
In an attempt to save the police station from the horrible attack of a group of criminals in a dangerous gang, who driven by their resentment upon the police officer who has killed most of its members, make their final decision to revenge, so they put their control over a police station, the thing that makes the lives of many in danger.
19 December 1949, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
24 April 1924, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
16 January 1948, Carthage, New York, USA
15 September 1921, Houston, Texas, USA
23 March 1937, Flint, Michigan, USA
9 December 1937, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
28 July 1939, Niagara Falls, New York, USA
November 12, 2013
In Assault On Precinct 13, hell is an abandoned police station in Los Angeles and the only means of survival is cooperation across racial, class, and legal lines.
May 25, 2011
This early Carpenter movie still holds up as one of the director's best works.
February 09, 2006
One of the most effective exploitation movies of the decade.
April 05, 2008
Assault on Precint 13's powerful exercise in democracy...is nothing short of one for the ages.
January 16, 2017
A vital moment in the career of one of cinema's most important directors and a searingly tense thriller in its own right.
July 06, 2010
Novelty of a gang swearing a blood oath to destroy a precinct station and all inside is sufficiently compelling for the gory-minded to assure acceptance.
November 12, 2013
Carpenter stages the action expertly, always getting maximum impact from the moments when Precinct 13 explodes into violence.
May 09, 2005
Mr. Carpenter is an extremely resourceful director whose ability to construct films entirely out of action and movement suggests that he may one day be a director to rank with Don Siegel.
June 03, 2013
A ballsy, exciting genre mash-up that still entertains and excites.
May 25, 2011
Hopelessly violent but exceedingly well made.
May 25, 2011
A fast, dark, relentlessly maintained thriller that still ranks among the best of the decade.
