Assault on Precinct 13 (UK)

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The gang swore a blood oath to destroy Precinct 13... and every cop in it!
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 91 mins
Retail Price: £17.99
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Synopsis:
From widely acclaimed director John Carpenter comes the classic Assault on Precinct 13, a taut, well-made, excellently acted, police suspense thriller.

A young policeman is put in charge if a nearly deserted L.A. police station, in the process of moving to another location, that finds itself under siege by an interracial gang of cut-throats and escaped convicts. Darwin Joston is impressive as a heroic convict, so is Stoker as the unflappable cop.

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Trailer
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Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 1.66:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 English

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
John Carpenter

Written By:

Starring:
Charles Cyphers
Tony Burton
Martin West
Laurie Zimmer
Darwin Joston
Austin Stoker

Soundtrack By:
John Carpenter

Director of Photography:
Douglas Knapp

Editor:
John Carpenter

Producer:
J. Stein Kaplan
Steve Fine

Executive Producer:
Joseph Kaufman

Distributor:
Universal Pictures

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8 / 10
Assualt On Precinct 13 is quite simply one of the best Films I`ve seen, being a John Carpenter fan I have to agree this is one of his best and would appeal to nearly all audiences. The DVD on the other hand isn`t so good, the only extra it has is a grainy trailer and the film isn`t shown in widescreen either. We are tortured with the awful "pan and scan" method. Although on saying that it`s still a great film and worth £17.99.
posted by Andrew (UK) on 3/7/2002 20:30