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| Ethan Hawke | ... | Sgt. Jake Roenick | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Marion Bishop | |
| Gabriel Byrne | ... | Capt. Marcus Duvall | |
| Maria Bello | ... | Dr. Alex Sabian | |
| Drea de Matteo | ... | Iris Ferry | |
| John Leguizamo | ... | Beck | |
| Brian Dennehy | ... | Sgt. Jasper O'Shea | |
| Ja Rule | ... | Smiley (as Jeffrey 'Ja Rule' Atkins) | |
| Currie Graham | ... | Mike Kahane | |
| Aisha Hinds | ... | Anna | |
| Matt Craven | ... | Officer Kevin Capra | |
| Fulvio Cecere | ... | Ray Portnow | |
| Peter Bryant | ... | Lt. Holloway | |
| Kim Coates | ... | Officer Rosen | |
| Hugh Dillon | ... | Tony | |
| Tig Fong | ... | Danny Barbero | |
| Jasmin Geljo | ... | Marko | |
| Jessica Greco | ... | Coral | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Gil | |
| Philip Marshall | ... | Hagen | |
| Arnold Pinnock | ... | Carlyle | |
| Edward A. Queffelec | ... | Bronco Gunman (as Ed Queffelec) | |
| Robert Hayley | ... | Sniper James | |
| Courtney Cunningham | ... | Cop #1 | |
| Leford Lawes | ... | Precinct 21 Cop #1 | |
| Roman Podhora | ... | Cop #3 | |
| Gilson Lubin | ... | Mover #2 | |
| Brian King | ... | Fireman #2 | |
| Laurent Richet | ... | Undercover Cop | |
| J.C. Kenny | ... | Reporter #1 | |
| Sasha Roiz | ... | Jason Elias | |
| Ray Kahnert | ... | Priest | |
| Dave Tommasini | ... | Pilot (as Dave Thomassini) | |
| Jeff Ironi | ... | Fireman #1 | |
| Melissa Thomson | ... | Lawyer | |
| Darren Frost | ... | Mover #1 | |
| Al Vrkljan | ... | Sniper Sebastien (as Alan Vrkljan) | |
| Titus Welliver | ... | Milos | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| DTeflon | ... | Swat Officer #2 Sgt Lewis (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Jean-François Richet | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| John Carpenter | (earlier film) | |
| James DeMonaco | (screenplay) | |
Produced by | |||
| Don Carmody | .... | executive producer | |
| Pascal Caucheteux | .... | producer | |
| James DeMonaco | .... | co-producer | |
| Joseph Kaufman | .... | executive producer | |
| Sebastien Lemercier | .... | executive producer (as Sebastien Kurt Lemercier) | |
| Jeffrey Silver | .... | producer | |
| Stephane Sperry | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Graeme Revell | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Gantz | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Bill Pankow | |||
Casting by | |||
| Kerry Barden | |||
| Billy Hopkins | |||
| Suzanne Smith | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Paul D. Austerberry | (as Paul Denham Austerberry) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Nigel Churcher | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Steven Essam | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Vicki Graef | |||
| Georgina Yarhi | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| James D. Brown | .... | key hair stylist (as James Brown) | |
| Mario Cacioppo | .... | makeup artist: Mr. Fishburne | |
| Francine Francis-Lee | .... | hair stylist: Mr. Fishburne | |
| Paul Jones | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Fina Khan | .... | assistant hair stylist | |
| Donald Mowat | .... | key makeup artist (as Donald J. Mowat) | |
| Edelgard K. Pfluegl | .... | assistant makeup artist (as Edelgard Pfluegl) | |
Production Management | |||
| Gregor Hutchison | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Deb LeFaive | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Simon Board | .... | second assistant director | |
| Penny Charter | .... | second assistant director: second unit | |
| Raymond J. Duff | .... | third assistant director: second unit | |
| Pierre Henry | .... | first assistant director | |
| Agnieszka Kroskowska | .... | third assistant director (as Agnieszka Poninska) | |
| Cameron Kuc | .... | third assistant director | |
| Michael Peleshok | .... | third assistant director: second unit (as Mike Peleshok) | |
| Michael Peleshok | .... | trainee assistant director (as Mike Peleshok) | |
| Michael Pohorly | .... | third assistant director | |
| Martin Walters | .... | first assistant director: second unit | |
Art Department | |||
| Theresa Buckley | .... | props buyer | |
| David G. Fremlin | .... | set designer | |
| Jennifer Heimpel | .... | assistant art director | |
| Ron Hewitt | .... | property master | |
| Michael Huschka | .... | assistant property master | |
| Henry Ilola | .... | carpenter | |
| Mayumi Konishi-Valentine | .... | set designer (as Mayumi Konishi) | |
| Matthew Lammerich | .... | key scenic artist | |
| Erin Leslie | .... | scenic artist | |
| Aeschylus Poulos | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Dawn Rivard | .... | set buyer | |
| Jeremy Simser | .... | storyboard artist | |
| Phillip Tellez | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Steve Middlebrook | .... | on-set dresser (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Warren Appleby | .... | pyrotechnic supervisor | |
| Jason Board | .... | special effects supervisor | |
| Mike Kavanagh | .... | key snow effects | |
| Arthur Langevin | .... | pyrotechnician | |
| John MacGillivray | .... | special effects coordinator | |
| Laird McMurray | .... | snow special effects coordinator | |
| Bill McShane | .... | special effects technician | |
| Shane Million | .... | special effects technician | |
| Cameron Patterson | .... | special effects crew | |
| John Poulter | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jeff Skochko | .... | special effects technician | |
| Stephen Wallace | .... | special effects technician | |
| Ray Comiso | .... | special effects technician (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Rebecca Adams | .... | production coordinator: Soho VFX | |
| Douglas Aiken | .... | digital compositor: trailer, S4 Studios | |
| Brian Anderson | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Berj Bannayan | .... | software engineer: SOHO VFX | |
| Barb Benoit | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Dennis Berardi | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Kristy Blackwell | .... | CG supervisor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Dominik Bochenski | .... | additional compositing: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Kris Brockman | .... | compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mark Chong | .... | technical developer: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Patrick Clancey | .... | digital opticals | |
| Shawney Cohen | .... | digital effects artist: Mr. X Inc. (as Sean Cohen) | |
| Drake Conrad | .... | scanning recording | |
| Donnie Creighton | .... | digital intermediate assistant producer | |
| Laurence Cymet | .... | digital compositor: SOHO VFX | |
| Julia Deakin | .... | additional compositing: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Rob Del Ciancio | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Bonnie Dickson | .... | compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mike Diltz | .... | compositing assistant: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Jeremy Dineen | .... | visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Sasha Dragun | .... | systems administrator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Jason Giberson | .... | scanning and recording | |
| Shane Glading | .... | lighting/rendering: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Rob Gyorgy | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Elizabeth Holmes | .... | digital compositor: SOHO VFX | |
| Noel Hooper | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Bryan Jones | .... | lead compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Ntana Key | .... | digital intermediate color assistant | |
| Perry M. Kimura | .... | digital scanning and recording: EFILM | |
| Michael Kowalski | .... | producer: Soho VFX | |
| Jef Lonn | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Brian Lui | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Allan Magled | .... | visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX | |
| Chad Malbon | .... | producer: Technicolor | |
| Seth Martiniuk | .... | compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Sarah McMurdo | .... | visual effects production manager | |
| Daniel Mizuguchi | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mike Mombourquette | .... | digital compositor: SOHO VFX | |
| Saybian Morgan | .... | look development technical director: Mr. X Inc | |
| Mike Mulock | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Sean O'Hara | .... | compositor | |
| Marco Polsinelli | .... | additional compositing: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Vladimir Popovic | .... | systems administrator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Aaron Pozzer | .... | digital artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Aaron Pozzer | .... | lighting/rendering: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Matt Ralph | .... | digital effects artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Eric J. Robertson | .... | visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Linda Rose | .... | in-house accountant: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Chris Ross | .... | digital effects scanning | |
| Steven J. Scott | .... | supervising digital colorist: EFilm | |
| Keith Sellers | .... | digital compositor: Soho VFX | |
| Vicki Silva | .... | digital compositor: Mr. X Inc. | |
| David Singer | .... | operations Manager: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Dev Singh | .... | coordinator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Karl Sisson | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Karl Sisson | .... | CG artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Jason Snea | .... | compositor | |
| Mark Stepanek | .... | lighting/rendering: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Tamara Stone | .... | digital artist: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Derek Sunderland | .... | digital artist | |
| Hoa Tran | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Mark Tureski | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Aaron Weintraub | .... | digital effects supervisor: Mr. X | |
| Michael Wile | .... | lead compositor: SOHO VFX | |
| Sarah Wormsbecher | .... | visual effects project manager: Technicolor | |
| Kyle Yoneda | .... | 3D animator: Mr. X Inc. | |
| Motassem Younes | .... | digital opticals | |
| Thomas Mathai | .... | data manager (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Lloyd Adams | .... | stunts | |
| Taryn Ash | .... | stunts | |
| Brad Bennett | .... | stunts | |
| Marco Bianco | .... | stunts | |
| Donovan Boucher | .... | stunts | |
| Shane Cardwell | .... | stunts | |
| Dean Copkov | .... | stunts | |
| Scott Douglas | .... | stunts | |
| Chris Frampton | .... | stunts | |
| Tom Galacka | .... | stunts | |
| Catherine Gourdier | .... | stunts | |
| Howard Green | .... | stunts | |
| Curtis Hibbert | .... | stunt double | |
| Paul Holder | .... | stunts | |
| Brian Jagersky | .... | stunts | |
| Mic Jones | .... | fire stunt rigger | |
| Mic Jones | .... | stunt rigger (as Mick Jones) | |
| Steve Lucescu | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Steve Lucescu | .... | stunts | |
| Jim Lyttle | .... | stunts | |
| Egerton Marcus | .... | stunts | |
| Christopher McGuire | .... | stunts (as Chris McGuire) | |
| Dwayne McLean | .... | stunts | |
| Moses Nyarko | .... | stunts | |
| Rick Parker | .... | stunts | |
| Sue Parker | .... | stunts (as Susan Parker) | |
| Edward A. Queffelec | .... | utility stunts | |
| Robert Racki | .... | stunts | |
| Vanessa Reid | .... | stunts | |
| John Stoneham Jr. | .... | stunts | |
| Bryan Thomas | .... | stunts | |
| Robert Thomas | .... | stunts | |
| Len Wagner | .... | stunts | |
| Maxine Dumont | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Casting Department | |||
| Robin D. Cook | .... | casting: Canada | |
| Sara Kay | .... | casting associate: Toronto | |
| Deedra Ricketts | .... | special casting | |
| Jane Rogers | .... | extras casting | |
| Paul Schnee | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Richard Krough | .... | costume set supervisor | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Michael Hatzer | .... | color timer | |
| Lara Johnston | .... | associate editor | |
| Curtis Lindersmith | .... | digital intermediate editor | |
| Tom Mayclim | .... | negative cutter | |
| Arthur Montreuil | .... | color timer | |
| Lorraine Samuel | .... | post-production coordinator | |
| Steven J. Scott | .... | supervising digital colorist | |
Music Department | |||
| Kevin Banks | .... | music editor: temp music/conform | |
| Christine Bergren | .... | music legal and clearance | |
| Mark Curry | .... | scoring mixer | |
| Dominik Hauser | .... | music preparation (as Dominic Hauser) | |
| John Houlihan | .... | music supervisor | |
| Season Kent | .... | music coordinator | |
| Mario Klemens | .... | conductor | |
| Bill Meyers | .... | orchestrator | |
| Gregg Nestor | .... | music preparation | |
| Ashley Revell | .... | music editor | |
| David E. Russo | .... | music programmer (as David Russo) | |
| Tim Simonec | .... | orchestrator | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Lee Bryan | .... | picture car coordinator | |
| Rickey Giallonardo | .... | picture car captain | |
| Ian C. Harris | .... | daily driver (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Drazen Baric | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Beverley Bremner | .... | key craft service | |
| James Burke | .... | production assistant | |
| Nuno Capitao de Salles | .... | personal trainer (as Nuno De Sallas) | |
| Jane Conway | .... | animal wrangler | |
| Brad Cowan | .... | location production assistant | |
| Meg Davies | .... | assistant: Mr. Silver (as Meghan Davies) | |
| Michelle Dunton | .... | rights and clearances | |
| Ava DuVernay | .... | publicity consultant | |
| Jay Floyd | .... | clearance administrator | |
| Melissa Girotti | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Nadia Guglieri | .... | second script supervisor | |
| Sarah Johnson | .... | assistant: Mr. Silver | |
| Michael Kessler | .... | production assistant | |
| Kyle Kitagawa | .... | production assistant | |
| Robert A. Levine | .... | unit publicist | |
| Jessica Lukian | .... | assistant: Mr. Richet | |
| Jonathan Matthews | .... | location manager | |
| Eleanor Mendes | .... | production secretary | |
| Stephen Milo | .... | production assistant | |
| Sandy Morrow | .... | script supervisor: splinter unit | |
| Tony Muro | .... | publicist | |
| Valentin Nedialkov | .... | weapon specialist | |
| Pete Nilson | .... | location security | |
| Sarah Nilson | .... | location security (as Sarah Weight) | |
| Jan Nizen | .... | production accountant | |
| Anthony David Pace | .... | key location production assistant | |
| Anthony Pangalos | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| Regina Petrik | .... | key craft service | |
| John Rakich | .... | location scout: pre-production | |
| Dana Ramsay | .... | production coordinator | |
| Pascual Romero | .... | publicity and promotions | |
| Dug Rotstein | .... | script supervisor (as Douglas Rotstein) | |
| Dave Ian Smith | .... | fire safety officer | |
| Coleen Snyder | .... | second assistant accountant | |
| Carla Spizziri | .... | first assistant accountant | |
| Carla Spizziri | .... | post-production accountant | |
| Alan Sutton | .... | fire safety | |
| Bromley Switzer | .... | assistant: Mr. Gantz | |
| Charles Taylor | .... | armorer | |
| Dave Tommasini | .... | aerial helicopter pilot | |
| Hayley Tyson | .... | assistant: Mr. Carmody | |
| Al Vrkljan | .... | armorer | |
| Greg Whiteside | .... | on-set satellite internet technician | |
| James Ireland | .... | production assistant (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Elizabeth Dreyer | .... | special thanks | |
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Jean Richet's remake of the Carpenter thriller Assault on Precinct 13 is surprisingly entertaining. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) loses the Carpenteresque weirdness and soundtrack, and tells the story of a remote, run-down police precinct under assault using more conventional cinematography and production. This is an achievement, but not because of the difficulty of following in the footsteps of Carpenter - because the film entertains without doing so, and because the narrative - just like all of Carpenter's films- manages to keep going without regard for the improbability of the plot. In other words, the Director kept a straight face and made the film entertaining enough to allow for a certain amount of suspended disbelief.
Strong, fast, characterization - part of the legacy of Carpenter's film - makes a big difference early on. The cast is uniformly excellent and the main characters - unusual for this genre - are all unique, believable and consistent. Fishburn plays a big bad guy incarcerated by fiat in the small, run-down Precinct 13. Hawke is the Sergeant in charge of the precinct - a man with psychological and drug problems associated with a traumatic event which opens the film. These two improbable allies must pool their resources to defend the precinct against... who?
The film is first and foremost an action film. The action is typical for the genre as of 2005 - i.e. - much of what takes place is only believable because of its entertainment value and internal consistently. Suspense is well constructed throughout the film, and the pace of the film reaches a frenetic level about 1/3rd of the way through, never letting up. The cinematography is surprisingly dissimilar to the original. Richet's film is more of a standard suspense thriller than anything bearing Carpenter's signature.
Recommended for its entertainment value, solid cast, and well-constructed (though somewhat ridiculous) plot.