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Assault on Precinct 13

<b>'Assault on Precinct 13'</b> (2005)<br>
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<b>Plot:</b> A crime lord <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB001700" title="Laurence Fishburne" href="/topic/entertainment/laurence-fishburne-PECLB001700.topic">(Laurence Fishburne</a>) and a group of policemen, led by <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002274" title="Ethan Hawke" href="/topic/entertainment/ethan-hawke-PECLB002274.topic">Ethan Hawke</a>, are trapped in a police precinct by crooked cops intent on killing the crime boss.<br>
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<b>Remake of:</b> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB000863" title="John Carpenter" href="/topic/entertainment/john-carpenter-PECLB000863.topic">John Carpenter</a>'s original "Assault on Precinct 13," which was itself a loose remake of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002277" title="Howard Hawks" href="/topic/entertainment/howard-hawks-PECLB002277.topic">Howard Hawks</a>' film "Rio Bravo." Carpenter's film was credited in the 2005 remake, but Carpenter has only acknowledged "Rio Bravo" in his many interviews on the film.

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'Assault on Precinct 13' (2005)

Plot: A crime lord (Laurence Fishburne) and a group of policemen, led by Ethan Hawke, are trapped in a police precinct by crooked cops intent on killing the crime boss.

Remake of: John Carpenter's original "Assault on Precinct 13," which was itself a loose remake of Howard Hawks' film "Rio Bravo." Carpenter's film was credited in the 2005 remake, but Carpenter has only acknowledged "Rio Bravo" in his many interviews on the film.

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