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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

A solid movie

I rented Carpenter's box-set and watched most of his movies. I watched remake of this movie, and knowing Carpenter as a good director and seeing good mark on IMDb i hoped this movie will be at least as half as ''The Thing''. But i tricked myself...

First of all acting in this movie is terrible, all of characters have wooden faces, without any emotions at all. Story is good, at least a part of it , but why , oh why would someone try to put prisoners in abandoned precinct when 3 blocks ahead is a new one? why would gang members without any cause shoot young girl and ice cream man? Why would hundreds of gang members run to attack precinct like some kind of animals, and get killed, and why no one had gun (when in the beginning of the movie it is said they stole lots of guns). Why would a serial killer sentenced to murder help defend precinct... Movie is full of flaws ... but in a way it's entertaining. Atmosphere is very good. Claustrophobic, like there is no way out, and precinct is placed in the middle of city...so good work for that. Soundtrack! I loved it. That theme, so spooky, it definitely fits good in movie.

All in all , its a solid action / horror movie that will make one of your days shorter.