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When the LAPD kills several members of the South Central gang Street Thunder, the isolated inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of the seemingly unstoppable street gang.
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.
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.
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.
May 09, 2005
CineVue
A vital moment in the career of one of cinema's most important directors and a searingly tense thriller in its own right.