ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (2005 FILM)

'''Assault on Precinct 13''' is a 2005 action / thriller movie, directed by Jean-François Richet. It is a loose remake of the 1976 movie of the same name by John Carpenter, with an updated plot, and was distributed and produced by Rogue Pictures.
'Tagline:'

★ ''Unite and fight.''

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Plot

Cast

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Plot

With only a few hours until the new year, Detroit's oldest police station, Precinct 13, is about to close forever. Only a few officers are on duty for New Year's Eve, including Sergeant Jake Roenick (played by Hawke). Roenick is haunted by a botched undercover operation from eight months before that resulted in the death of the other two members of his team.
Meanwhile, crime lord Marion Bishop (played by Fishburne) is arrested after a confrontation results in the death of an undercover officer. Bishop is put on a prison bus with three other criminals. A raging snowstorm and treacherous road conditions force the bus driver to make a detour to Precinct 13, where the prisoners are to be held until the storm is over.
New Year's celebrations at the precinct are cut short, however, as the officers find themselves under siege from an elite team of masked gunmen, who are believed to be trying to extract Bishop. All of the precinct's occupants become targets once the gunmen's identities become apparent: they are a gang of crooked police officers led by none other than Marcus Duvall (played by Gabriel Byrne), head of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Squad. The group is in fact trying to kill Bishop to prevent him from testifying against its corrupt activities.
The police officers inside the precinct have to release the criminals and join forces with them to have any chance of staying alive, as more and more corrupt officers surround the precinct and the inhabitants find themselves pitted against street cops, snipers and even a large SWAT unit.

Cast

Actor	Role
Ethan Hawke	Jake Roenick
Laurence Fishburne	Marion Bishop
Brian Dennehy	Jasper O'Shea
John Leguizamo	Beck
Ja Rule	Smiley
Gabriel Byrne	Marcus Duvall
Maria Bello	Alex Sabian
Drea de Matteo	Iris Ferry
Kim Coates	Officer Rosen

See also

★ 2005 in film

★ ''Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)''

★ The Nest (''Nid de guêpes'') - French film influenced by original

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★ Ja Rule interview