Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Highly Overrated But Still Good

As Good As It Gets

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

The 2005 version of Assault On Precinct 13 was fairly well done. It's a good action flick that takes place almost entirely in a confined space. The film was loaded with good actors, their performances were well done and I don't think I ever once felt like any character took me out of the film. With that being said, John Leguizamo's character did start to irritate me after awhile. I'm not sure if that was the characters intention or just the performance in general. I never once was bored and it moves along at a decent clip despite the almost 2hr runtime. There were a few moments here and there where it felt a little bogged down, but those parts didn't last long. The violence level is over the top in spots, they don't shy away from what's happening. While, it's not super gory, it is compared to a lot of modern-day action films. There's more of a late 70's early 80's vibe going on in that sense. Some of the characters actions were a bit predictable, but I almost expect that in a film like this. I feel like most of the people I've talked to didn't care for it, but it's also not one I hear many folks discussing either.

If you were hoping for an avant-garde action movie produced by a Frenchman, think again - Richet is no Luc Besson.The actual action, by itself, is decent at most, and that's the only thing going for this movie.Actors performances are lackluster, screen writing is sloppy and lazy, suffering from lack of continuity and a formulaic plot, with twists so obvious, I foresaw them literally an hour before they eventually took place.Characters are superficial and stereotypical, and fail to promote empathy, sympathy, or any other sentiments for them. Decisions and actions made by the characters (both "good guys" and "bad guys") often fail to make any sense.

This remake Assault on precinct 13 serves as a good action movie. I have not really seen the original one, but when I watched this out it surely made me feel that I got my money's worth, as I was looking for a movie with Thrill and Action. Ethan Hawke playing a good cop does justice to the movie and Laurance Fishburne with great acting skills playing a mobster with a serious look on his face tells you that he means business! This film is Bloody And Ballsy!It's set on the New Year's Eve and it takes loads of blood, bodies and action till the movie ends until sunrise! So watch it for yourself I'm sure the action lovers will have a fairly good time.

The obvious answer to the question...Why remake this Movie?...Because they could. As is so often the case. It is never a given, and usually a mistake to remake. Think King Kong (1976), but then there's King Kong (2005). The John Carpenter Original was no King Kong so there isn't as much to lose if one does not consider JC's worshiping Fanbase.But here it is. A violent, barely intelligent, Starry Movie that delivers on the most basic level. Entertain the targeted Audience. Done. Make it look "new" even though it is from an "old" Story (including Rio Bravo, but many others). Done. Have a Cast that is recognizable and fun to watch. Done (except maybe Ja-Rule, is there a less charismatic Rapper?).So overall this is an Entertaining no-thinker that requires a lock-down of critical concern and requires the minimum of consultation concerning Story holes and jarring juxtapositions. This isn't Brain Surgery, but does contain more than a few (Symbolic?) Deaths by way of Bullet to the Brain.