ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (DVD) (WS) DVD

Assault on Precinct 13
This action-packed remake of the John Carpenter classic tells the tale of an under-manned Detroit police precinct on its last day of operation that finds itself under siege by a ruthless force that will not stop. This time, a notorious cop-killer and mobster Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishbourne) is unexpectedly brought into the precinct during a blizzard on New Year's Eve, much to the dismay of police sergeant Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke). By nightfall, the remaining cops and prisoners find themselves fighting for their lives against a group of rogue cops intent on taking down Bishop before he testifies against them in the courtroom. Now it's up to the officers, secretaries, and inmates on the inside to band together just to survive this one night. Also starring Gabriel Byrne, John Leguizamo, Drea de Matteo, and Brian Dennehy. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Cast Ethan Hawke as Sgt. Jake Roenick Laurence Fishburne as Marion Bishop Drea de Matteo as Iris Ferry Brian Dennehy as Jasper O'Shea John Leguizamo as Beck Ja Rule as Smiley Maria Bello as Alex Sabian Gabriel Byrne as Marcus Duvall

Crew Nigel Churcher - Art Director Jason McFarling - Boom Operator Denis Bellingham - Boom Operator Kerry Barden - Casting Billy Hopkins - Casting Suzanne Smith - Casting Robin D. Cook - Casting John Giangrande - Consultant/advisor Paul Holder - Consultant/advisor Dieter Boeheim - Consultant/advisor Tom Galazka - Consultant/advisor Andrew Bell - Consultant/advisor Dev Singh - Coordinator Mario Klemens - Conductor Georgina Yarhi - Costume Designer Vicki Graef - Costume Designer Martin Walters - First Assistant Director Pierre Henry - First Assistant Director Jean-François Richet - Director Bill Pankow - Editor Joseph Kaufman - Executive Producer Sebastian Lemercier - Executive Producer Don Carmody - Executive Producer Francine Francis-Lee - Hair Styles Jonathan N. Matthews - Location Manager Aaron Pozzer - Lighting Sean Cohen - Lighting Shane Glading - Lighting Mark Stepanek - Lighting Graeme Revell - Composer (Music Score) John Houlihan - Musical Direction/Supervision Mario Cacioppo - Makeup Paul Jones - Makeup Special Effects Joachim Martin - Camera Operator Andris Matiss - Camera Operator Renato Di Giuseppe - Camera Operator Tony Guerin - Camera Operator Paul Denham Austerberry - Production Designer Robert Gantz - Cinematographer Louis De Ernsted - Cinematographer Deb Le Faive - Production Manager Sarah McMurdo - Production Manager Stephane Sperry - Producer Chad Malbon - Producer Jeffrey Silver - Producer Pascal Caucheteux - Producer Mayumi Konishi - Set Designer David Fremlin - Set Designer Laird McMurray Film Services - Special Effects David Lee - Sound Mixer Paula Fairfield - Sound/Sound Designer Craig Henighan - Sound/Sound Designer Taryn Ash - Stunts Suzy Parker - Stunts Vanessa Reid - Stunts Rick Parker - Stunts Brad Bennett - Stunts Scott Douglas - Stunts Paul Holder - Stunts John Stoneham Jr. - Stunts Len Wagner - Stunts Moses Nyarko - Stunts Dwayne McLean - Stunts Dean Copkov - Stunts Marco Bianco - Stunts Egerton Marcus - Stunts Curtis Hibert - Stunts Jim Lytle - Stunts Shane Cardwell - Stunts Tom Galacka - Stunts Brian Jagersky - Stunts Robert Thomas - Stunts Lloyd Adams - Stunts Christopher McGuire - Stunts Bryan Thomas - Stunts Catherine Gourdier - Stunts Chris Frampton - Stunts Howard Green - Stunts Donovan Boucher - Stunts Robert Racki - Stunts Steve Lucescu - Stunts Coordinator John Carpenter - Screen Story James DeMonaco - Screenwriter Brad Cowan - Production Assistant Anthony Pace - Production Assistant Dennis Berardi - Visual Effects Supervisor Nathan Robitaille - Sound Effects Editor Carla Murray - Sound Effects Editor Lee De Lang - Sound Effects Editor Jane Conway - Animal Trainer/Wrangler Amy J. Kaufman - Executive in Charge of Production Jeff Roth - Executive in Charge of Production Mark Chong - Technical Director Robert Levine - Unit Publicist Kristy Blackwell - CGI Effects Mr. X Inc. - Digital Effects Lara Johnston - Associate Editor Kathy Nelson - Executive Music Producer Andy Jekabsons - First Assistant Camera Jayson Clute - First Assistant Camera Peter Battistone - First Assistant Camera Dean Stinchcombe - First Assistant Camera Marek Krawczyk - Gaffer Bryan Forde - Gaffer Chris Takacs - Gaffer Richard Allen - Gaffer Mark Dufour - Grip Derek Parkes - Grip Terry Barbet - Grip Carson Foster - Grip Michael Burak - Key Grip Donald Irvine - Key Grip Ashley Revell - Music Editor Lorraine Samuel - Post Production Coordinator Gregor Hutchison - Post Production Supervisor Dana L. Ramsay - Production Coordinator Ron Hewitt - Properties Master Acme FX - Pyrotechnic Special Effects Mark Zsifkovits - Re-Recording Mixer Chris Dustin - Re-Recording Mixer Keith Elliot - Re-Recording Mixer Todd Beckett - Re-Recording Mixer Jason Perreira - Re-Recording Mixer Dug Rotstein - Script Supervisor Nadia Guglieri - Script Supervisor Sandy Morrow - Script Supervisor Agnie Poninska - Second Assistant Director Michael Kavanagh - Special Effects Assistant Carla Murray - Sound Effects Director Laird McMurray - Special Effects Coordinator John MacGillivary - Special Effects Coordinator Andris Matiss - Steadicam Operator Michael Gibson - Still Photographer Craig Henighan - Supervising Sound Editor Paula Fairfield - Supervising Sound Editor Eric J. Robertson - Visual Effects Producer Jill Purdy - ADR Editor Scott Lyons - Assistant Art Director Marya Duplaga - Assistant Costumer Designer Fina Khan - Assistant Hair Drazen Baric - Assistant Location Manager Edelgard Pfluegel - Assistant Makeup Mario Cacioppo - Assistant Makeup Melissa Girotti - Assistant Production Coordinator Anthony Pangalos - Assistant Production Coordinator Michael Huschka - Assistant Properties Alex Bullick - Assistant Sound Editor Danny Piva - Best Boy Electric Jason Hamilton - Best Boy Electric Greg Haddow - Best Boy Electric Ramon Reyes - Best Boy Grip Thomas Care - Best Boy Grip Robert Orzechowski - Best Boy Grip Lisa Martin - Buyer Dawn Rivard - Buyer Theresa Buckley - Buyer David Rumley - Camera Loader Rachel Thompson - Camera Loader Paul Schnee - Casting Assistant Deborah Maxwell Dion - Casting Associate Phillip Tellez - Construction Coordinator Kenneth Wyke - Electrician Delroy P. Jarrett - Electrician Philip A. Giglio - Electrician Jane Rogers - Extra Casting Carla Spizziri - First Assistant Accountant Lincoln D'Souza - First Assistant Accountant Gina Wark - Foley Artist Steve Baine - Foley Artist James D. Brown - Key Hairstylist Donald J. Mowat - Key Make-up Rex Fields - Leadman Kyle Kitagawa - Personal Assistant Meghan Davies - Personal Assistant Hayley Tyson - Personal Assistant James Burke - Personal Assistant Stephen Milo - Personal Assistant Jessica Lukian - Personal Assistant Bromley Switzer - Personal Assistant Michael Kessler - Personal Assistant Sara Johnson - Personal Assistant Jan Nizen - Production Accountant Brian Carson - Scenic Artist Marcel Janisse - Second Assistant Camera Liz Caruana - Second Assistant Camera Federico De Marco - Second Assistant Camera Penny Charter - Second Unit Assistant Director Simon Board - Second Unit Assistant Director John Rankin - Set Dresser Steven Middlebrook - Set Dresser Jeremy Simser - Storyboard Artist Jim Kennedy - Transportation Coordinator Steven Essam - Set Decorator Mike Ellis - Senior Producer Monty Montgomerie - Cable Person Beverly Bremner - Craft Service/Catering Leslie Brown - Craft Service/Catering Trina Petrik - Craft Service/Catering Regina Petrik - Craft Service/Catering Capers Catering - Craft Service/Catering By David's Capers - Craft Service/Catering Starcraft - Craft Service/Catering Gerald Savoy - Driver Robert Tanaglia - Driver Brian Lytle - Driver Don Retzer - Driver Joseph Muscat - Driver Bruce Raymer - Driver Ben Cekuta - Driver Pal Dongo - Driver Mike Leslie-Smith - Driver Jeff Peebles - Driver Walter Di Bacco - Driver Ricardo Burkhardt - Driver Peter Persaud - Foley Recordist Neil Gover - Generator Operator Eleanor Mendes - Production Secretary David Lee - Production Sound Mixer Panno Therapeutic - Set Medic/First Aid Earl Araneta - Set Medic/First Aid Arthur Langevin - Special Effects Technician Stephen C. Wallace - Special Effects Technician Jason Board - Special Effects Technician Darryl Irwin - Special Effects Technician Cody Gibson - Special Effects Technician Mark Andrews - Special Effects Technician Ted Ross - Special Effects Technician Romie Soogree - Special Effects Technician Bill McShane - Special Effects Technician Agnie Poninska - Third Assistant Director Mike Peleshok - Third Assistant Director Brendan Bresnahan - Video Assist Ben Gervais - Video Assist Devastudios - Title Design Trent Richmond - First Assistant Sound Editor Tony Parkin - Carpenter Wayne Collins - Carpenter Henry Llola - Carpenter Robert Penn Warren - Carpenter Ming Yee - Assistant Head Carpenter Rob Gyorgy - Compositor Eric Myles - Compositor Jason Snea - Compositor

Assault on Precinct 13
In the post-millennia world of remakes, Assault on Precinct 13 gets a surprisingly solid high score thanks to some well-handled tense action and characters that are just juicy enough to make the audience give a damn. One thing this rehash isn't is tame -- this is one violent shoot 'em-up where main characters are killed off while many others are offed in jarring and bloody ways. Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne make for a decent enough buddy pairing, though it's Hawke who keeps the film together from his spastic opening scene through his pill-popping exchanges with Maria Bello. In fact, the strong female characters give the film another notch on its scoreboard with Bello and Drea de Matteo holding their own, despite being surrounded by methed-up junkies like John Leguizamo (whose samurai sword scene gets high gonzo marks) and Ja Rule as Smiley, your friendly neighborhood thug with a penchant for baseball bats and third-person speak. When it comes down to it though, a great action movie survives because of its director, and acclaimed Frenchman Jean-François Richet certainly does not disappoint. Along with Brian De Palma's longtime editor Bill Pankow, Richet handles the action almost perfectly, which thankfully means little shaky-cam during the gunfights in favor of much-needed spatial positioning of the camera. There are a few downsides that this assault does have to answer for -- the first being that Gabriel Byrne's character is completely needless, bringing the film to a halt every time he and his goons show up to "talk" about how clever the people inside are. Also, the film's climax features a forest...in the middle of downtown Detroit! Not only is that a blatant lie, but it is never shown in any of the overhead shots of the building, which the forest is supposedly right behind. Those bellyaches aside, this is one assault that shouldn't be written off simply because of its nature but rather should be enjoyed as its own little slice of overly violent action joy. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DTS: Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Additional Features: cc "Armed and Dangerous" - assault's weapons specialist reveals how he matched gun to character for the film's explosive shootout sequences "Behind Precinct Walls" - how the precinct building was constructed, from concept to computer to screen "Plan of Attack" - assault's stunt coordinator reveals the planning behind some of the film's most explosive stunts Deleted scenes and much more DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1: 2.40:1 MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 109 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Officer Down [5:04] 2. Happy New Year! (Main Titles) [4:53] 3. The Answer Is No [4:22] 4. Doctor's Appointment [6:15] 5. Prisoners Rerouted [3:55] 6. Behind the Desk [5:14] 7. Bishop's Men [4:17] 8. Pinned Down [7:35] 9. Dirty Cops [6:46] 10. Assassination Politics [5:14] 11. Choose Your Weapon [5:02] 12. Trust Each Other [5:04] 13. Self-Preservation [:21] 14. On Target [5:41] 15. No Chance [7:06] 16. What's the Plan? [3:55] 17. Found a Way Out [3:55] 18. We've Been Set Up [4:26] 19. It's About That Time [5:13] 20. End Titles [7:52]