Assault on Precinct 13

if i ever watched this as a kid or teenager, i forgot. watching it now, i couldn't help but compare it with the remake, which made everything it did good be all that much clear. everyone had more personality - except the gang members, who were cyphers with intentionally murky motivations. also, everyone was so much more badass (except the shrill, hysterical secretary), and the dialogue was more fun. it's almost surprising how much better the movie is when the violence is creepy (the stalking of the ice cream truck) and shocking (the girl, her blood spraying her vanilla ice cream; her father... read more

the first time i watched this film i was but a 15 year old boy. i was at my friend's house for a sleepover and it was playing on videotape. it was scratchy, it was pan and scanned (and therefore missing almost half the picture) and it was almost to dark to see. but yet i still enjoyed the film back then. now it's 2013 and i've seen the film maybe one or two more times. as a huge carpenter fan i can't get enough of his movies. i have yet to see this one in all its widescreen glory and i have yet to se it since seeing the remake in theatres back when that one came out. so i've unwrapped the read more