
Assault on Precinct 13(1976)
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.


“Unite and fight.”
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.

Ethan Hawke
Sergeant Jake Roenick

Laurence Fishburne
Marion Bishop

Gabriel Byrne
Captain Marcus Duvall

Maria Bello
Dr. Alex Sabian

Drea De Matteo
Iris Ferry

John Leguizamo
Beck

Brian Dennehy
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

Ja Rule
Smiley

Currie Graham
Mike Kahane

Aisha Hinds
Anna
Assault on Precinct 13 is a thriller, action, adventure, crime film released in 2005 exploring themes of dying and death, drug abuse, prison cell, junkie, mexican standoff, snowstorm. Directed by Jean-François Richet, it stars Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne. On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
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