Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

1976

91 mins

Directed by John Carpenter
96%
80%
Action
Thriller

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street... More

The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang. Directed by John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing).

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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) | Ratings & Reviews

96_%50 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
80_%24,815 reviews
Audience score rating

"It’s a fleet, ferocious piece of genre craftsmanship."

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A.V. Club

"A joy to behold: a taut, aesthetic blast of violence."

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Empire Magazine

"One of the most effective exploitation movies of the decade... It's sheer delight from beginning to end."

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Time Out

"This early Carpenter movie still holds up as one of the director's best works."

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TV Guide

"The core reason this film works so well is that it is so unpredictable, ruthless and without reason."

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BBC

"[A] lean, mean, genre-defying masterpiece."

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Slant Magazine

"Mr. Carpenter is an extremely resourceful director whose ability to construct films entirely out of action and movement suggests that he may one day be a director to rank with Don Siegel."

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The New York Times

"Hopelessly violent but exceedingly well made."

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Chicago Reader

"In Assault On Precinct 13, hell is an abandoned police station in Los Angeles and the only means of survival is cooperation across racial, class, and legal lines."

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