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Assault on Precinct 13
Directed by Jean-François Richet
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. From TMDB
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Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 thriller action adventure film, directed by Jean-François Richet, starring Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne and Gabriel Byrne.
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60 of 246 · most liked firstPeople are arguing whether or not Coogler borrowed ideas from Tarantino like the horror community doesn't love that shit. Carpenter said "I wanted to remake Rio Bravo so I made ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13" and we were all "Fuck yeah, you did!" Who cares if he was inspired; he made a very different movie.
positive · AI labelView post →i feel like this movie is the only true successor to ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
positive · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 🎬🖤 Directed by John Carpenter
neutral · AI labelView post →I see the lively debate in your replies, which gives me an excuse to mention a delightful factoid. John Carpenter was so grateful for the success of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 in the UK that he named a character in his next movie after the head of Miracle Films, which distributed it: Michael Myers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 🎬🖤 Directed by John Carpenter
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's movie is a classic film from a legendary director. Join me as we breakdown John Carpenter's homage to Night of the Living Dead/Rio Bravo in Assault on Precinct 13!
neutral · AI labelView post →For the ninth day of Art Advent Calendar, a recent drawing from my Objects from Films series, a payphone from John Carpenter’s 1976 movie Assault on Precinct 13 marcusjmerritt.com/objects-from... #ArtAdventCalendar
neutral · AI labelView post →I’d make Heat: The Musical Se7en on ice Assault on Precinct 13 with toddlers Muppet Blood Meridian Seven Squirrels (Seven Samurai but squirrels) Get Ken Loach to remake every Marvel movie with a cast of non-actors from Newcastle The Seventh Seal video game I’d be back to being poor by 2029
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault On Precinct 13 was one of those films that forged its reputation in the UK. John Carpenter was made up by its success over here and told the head of the British company that released it he'd name a character in his next film after him. So well done UK film distributor Michael Myers
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Assault on Precinct 13 now and man did John Carpenter know how to squeeze one hell of a movie out of $100,000.
positive · AI labelView post →Name a movie that you rate 10/10. Only one 🎬 Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) 🖤
positive · AI labelView post →#Deucember Film #39: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976, Dir: John Carpenter) #grindhouse #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13. 1976. Dir: John Carpenter. Hard to believe JC shot this for $100K in 20 days — all guerrilla filmmaking, he had no permits to shoot on location. Film brilliance aside, this has to be one of his best themes too — 70s synthwave minimalism which he wrote in 3 days. #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault On Precinct 13.. dir. John Carpenter #FilmSky 📽️🎞️ 🎟️ #Cinema
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm sticking with a homage to Assault On Precinct 13, in which you don't discover until the last moment that you've spent the entire movie rooting for an Imperial squad
positive · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #285 "Rio Bravo" (Howard Hawks/1959) Hawks awesome Western set siege film. A huge influence on Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. Check it out!
neutral · AI labelView post →In the works at Paramount Primal, TOWER DEFENSE is being described as a "medieval and supernatural fantasy twist" on John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. The plan is for it to be a rated "R" movie. Written by Evan Daugherty. Source: The Hollywood Reporter
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Assault on Precinct 13. What a massive treat!
positive · AI labelView post →Australian film poster for ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976 - Dir. John Carpenter) Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Nancy Kyes, Charles Cyphers
neutral · AI labelView post →Kicked off my November movie-watching on the 1st with a rewatch -- probably my tenth -- of John Carpenter's first masterpiece, ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. It remains the epitome of cool perfection.
positive · AI labelView post →Good Tuesday evening, everyone! I am #NowWatching John Carpenter's Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) on The Shout/Scream Factory Collection Edition Blu-ray. #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I read an essay a while ago that said this film was essentially ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 in space.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Deucember 2025, Movie 22: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976) Finally treated myself to a long overdue rewatch of John Carpenter’s classic updating of siege westerns like RIO BRAVO. Still kicks ass. #grindhouse #filmsky #action #crime #johncarpenter
positive · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) (It’s a Christmas film🎄) Dir: Jean-François Richet #MovieSky #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →the remake of Assault on Precinct 13 is worse in that it lost its western feel but the twist is good. I guess my issue is that it’s a B-movie but I would prefer it to be a more fun one where they leaned more into the outdated weapons in storage.
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy New Year afternoon, #MutantFam and #FilmSky! I am now watching/ rewatching John Carpenter Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) on The Shout Factory Blu-Ray! #Deucember: #26
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #StrictlyInstrumental Day 27 John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13 (Main Title/Julie) youtu.be/i5UU2TxOcZs?... From the film soundtrack ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ #WMIM #music #musicsky #instrumental
neutral · AI labelView post →11. Land of the Lustrous- Took time for it to hook me, and now I'm sad there's only one season! (will read sometime ofc) 12. Rocky 4- Director's Cut. I didn't get to see the robot :( fun movie though! 13. Assault on Precinct 13- Slowly finishing Carpenter's filmography. Great movie!
positive · AI labelView post →Thai film poster for ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976 - Dir. John Carpenter) Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Nancy Kyes, Charles Cyphers
neutral · AI labelView post →Yugoslavian film poster for ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976 - Dir. John Carpenter) Cast: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Tony Burton, Nancy Kyes, Charles Cyphers
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13 is the first Carpenter film to truly "feel" like one, from the spotlight granted to a sardonic antihero to a focus on a social order in spiraling decline. It's a Howard Hawks siege film and exploitation cinema all at once, and has Carpenter's first great music score.
positive · AI labelView post →In honor of John Carpenter's birthday Currently watching- Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) I love this film. By far his least appreciated
positive · AI labelView post →Movie #10: Assault on Precinct 13 for #sundayscares First watch, so great
positive · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness Day 22: A movie by your favourite director Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) - John Carpenter I saw Assault on Precinct 13 at an impressionable age and don't think I've ever fully recovered. My love of movies and soundtrack music all stems from this.
positive · AI labelView post →Now playing: Mikey & Nicky 1976 was a pretty impressive year for cinema, what with Network, Taxi Driver, Rocky, The Omen, Carrie, Assault on Precinct 13, etc. But Mikey & Nicky? That would be my favorite film from that year. Chalk it up to that great John Cassavetes / Peter Falk teamwork. 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →I didn't know John carpenter was still around, I guess I don't follow social media. Anyways: what a funny time to see this as I had just taken a break to get a soda while watching Assault on Precinct 13 when I read this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Five ‘70s flicks that you love and return to time and again: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 THE DRIVER THE MUPPET MOVIE A BAY OF BLOOD TIME AFTER TIME
neutral · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13 - great early Carpenter that plays out like a horror film… feels a bit like a non-zombie version of Night of the Living Dead. The first 30 minutes are deeply compelling storytelling that had me hooked, and on the edge of my seat the rest of the film. #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →I wonder if maybe John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 isn't the greatest film ever made. There's a chance it isn't. A slim chance, but a chance.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s watch, ‘Assault on Precinct 13’ (1978, HD, John Carpenter). Re-made but nothing on this original film. Dark, tense, so much so you could almost believe it happening, and that unmistakable soundtrack. Superb 😎 Anyone got a smoke?
positive · AI labelView post →Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film) #NowWatching
neutral · AI labelView post →Love 'em all, even the "bad" ones are fun, but ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 is the money melon - the most nihilistic movie from America's greatest nihilist director
positive · AI labelView post →Talk all you want about other filmmakers with the best theatrical runs, but my favorite director is top of the list. ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13, HALLOWEEN, THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NY, THE THING, CHRISTINE, STARMAN, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, THEY LIVE Happy birthday, John Carpenter!
neutral · AI labelView post →I dig the vampire stuff in SINNERS but I'm picturing a version that's basically a Depression-era ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 with the Klan as the bad guys and I do wanna see that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Elliptical Cinema: Assault on Precinct 13. Just a perfect, mean little movie.
positive · AI labelView post →A Christmas movie that's just Assault on Precinct 13 but with Santa and elves defending the North Pole.
neutral · AI labelView post →Post a 70s movie that starts with the letter A 🎥 Assault on Precinct 13 (directed by John Carpenter)
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is the link for #BeyondFriday ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. See you in just under two hours for trailers. RT to save a life! youtu.be/2fbyNrdngx4?...
neutral · AI labelView post →As I have said, I normally HATE siege movies, but if they can get the pace right, like...Assault on Precinct 13, Fort Apache, and apparently THIS movie, and it's like any other movie to me. For as on the quick as this was made (and it looks it), this movie has been the TITS so far! #FrightClub
positive · AI labelView post →watched Assault on Precinct 13 on the criterion channel and while it was an entertaining movie, it was probably not the best time for 1970s copganda
negative · AI labelView post →Apparently SIEGE (aka SELF-DEFENSE) is leaving Shudder on Wednesday so here’s your heads up that it whips. A Halifax exploitation film about Nazis attacking a gay bar during a police strike. Like a queer Canadian ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 it’s mean, radical, and gritty as hell.
neutral · AI labelView post →Currently watching: THE FOG Director: John Carpenter (1980) Love the whole vibe of this movie, the colors and music stand out for me. Never forget Carpenter had a legendary run starting with ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
neutral · AI labelView post →I rewatchex Assault on Precinct 13 last night. It's an exciting film which depicts a violent assault on [checks notes] Precinct 9.
positive · AI labelView post →This week's John Carpenter looked like it was going to be his last film for a while, and would have been an appropriate finale as it's Assault on Precinct 13 in SPACE. And one of the movies that put the idea of a "Curse of Mars films" idea into studio execs heads.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now rewatching Assault On Precinct 13, because why not? #Filmsky 📽️
positive · AI labelView post →TONIGHT. We shall eat good for #BeyondFriday with John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13. I will send out the link at 9pm. Trailers as usual from 10:45pm and film at 11pm. Go tell all your friends and enemies.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 2005 remake of Assault on Precinct 13 (and it’s a Christmas film🎄)
neutral · AI labelView post →Personally, I like GHOSTS OF MARS. It's a silly SF action flick that calls back to both Escape from New York and Assault on Precinct 13, but with a Bradbury twist. A fun cast and a great soundtrack. Never understood why more people don't love this film.
neutral · AI labelView post →2K Replay: @riskeadam.bsky.social looks back at the 2005 remake of John Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 to see how it holds up two decades later: www.fthismovie.net/2025/04/2k-r...
neutral · AI labelView post →ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 is an excellent B-movie. You could fit the entire plot on one side of an index card. None of the characters have distinct personalities. But the editing, photography, and music create a tight, propulsive experience.
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