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Assault on Precinct 13

1976

John Carpenter

Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West ...

6.9

8,268

Action. Mystery. Thriller In Los Angeles, the street gangs unite and declare war to the police. Meanwhile, a father stops his car in a suburb and his daughter goes to an ice-cream truck to buy a vanilla ice-cream. She is murdered in cold blood by a member of one gang. The father follows the guy, kills him with many shots and runs to the Precinct 13. The policeman Bishop has just assumed the police station, which is not in operation but waiting to be closed on ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"Hopelessly violent but exceedingly well made."	POS
United States	Time Out	"One of the most effective exploitation movies of the decade."	POS

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