ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (2005)
OK, this remake was likely pointless but it has a good cast and I wanted to see what changes had been made to the original 1976 cult classic. I expected it to stick fairly closely to the basic plot but that the action sequences might be an improvement, given a bigger budget. One change is that we've moved from LA in the summer to Detroit in a snowstorm on New Year's Eve. A snow storm is a good way of creating a siege-like atmosphere even before you're under siege, so a good change I would say. Another big change is that the attackers are no longer gang members but are corrupt cops. It's an interesting idea but unfortunately it does stretch credulity that so many cops have gone to the Dark Side, so much so that by the end they are prepared to kill fellow officers and civilians. And they are absurdly well kitted out, to the point that by the end they are calling up a helicopter. They are attacking the rundown police station because inside is a gangster, Bisho...