Well, this is a back to back review of the classic and its reincarnation from 2005. The original flick as always was a low budget thriller with excellent directing that over time became a cult movie and the second one tried to cash in on that and to modernize the approach to the whole story. So, a police station is being closed so only a few officers remain in it to pack the rest of the stuff. But then a dangerous criminal happens to be brought to it. After this a gang of criminals will try to kill everyone inside, and they must defend themselves(too bad Defendor is not there to rescue them). Older flick might bore you if you do not like that vintage vibe, so check out the 2005 version with slightly changed script. Apart from the great idea of the older version, in new one script is pretty dumb, but it has its qualities that make up for that. Enjoy.

Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton

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Fun Stuff: The assault takes place on Precinct 9, Division 13. Many have noted the title misnomer, since there is no “Precinct 13″ in the film. At first, Carpenter wanted to call the film “The Anderson Alamo” (the original title of his screenplay), and, at one point, he changed the working title to “The Siege.” CKK, the film’s distributor, was responsible for the misnomer; they rejected Carpenter’s titles and came up with the name “Assault on Precinct 13″ (which they felt was more ominous sounding) during post-production.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074156/

Director: Jean-François Richet

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, John Leguizamo

Fun Stuff: The word “fuck” and its derivatives are spoken 127 times.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398712/