Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet, starring Ethan Hawke and Laurence Fishburne. The cast also includes John Leguizamo, Maria Bello, Ja Rule and Drea de Matteo. It is a loose remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film of the same name, with an updated plot. With only a few hours until the new year, Detroit's oldest police station, Precinct 13, is about to close forever. Only a skeleton crew of officers are on duty for New Year's Eve, including Sergeant Jake Roenick , veteran officer Jasper , secretary Iris , and psychiatrist Alex . 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 is arrested after a confrontation results in the death of an undercover officer. Bishop is put on a prison bus with three other criminals: addict Beck , petty crook Anna , and counterfeiter Smiley .
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| Release date: | January 19, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Jean-François Richet |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Pascal Caucheteux, Jeffrey Silver, Stephane Sperry |
| Editor: | Bill Pankow |
| Music by: | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography: | Robert Gantz |
| Screenplay by: | James DeMonaco |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |