[Dr Kain]

Assault on Precinct 13 - This was my first time seeing it and it was very good. I loved how the whole movie comes together for its first half and then becomes a siege movie afterwards. As usual, Carpenter is a master of his own work as both the score and cinematography were as incredible as the movies that came after this one. In fact, I am going to say this straight up, but he is the Quentin Tarantino of the 70s and 80s. I love the dialog between the characters. I really enjoyed seeing how it does not matter if you are a cop or a criminal, you are all pretty much equal when it comes to being fodder. My only complaint about the movie is how emotionless the cop lady was. Of course, it did make for a great scene inside the holding cells when she is shot in the arm, just stands there, and then kicks the crap out of the thug. Overall, I'm giving this movie a nice 8/10.

Assault on Precinct 13 - Holy crap, as a remake, this movie sucks ass. As a movie, this movie sucks ass. What the hell is going on here? There is absolutely no build up to siege on the police station. The characters are cliche and boring. The music is bland. And between the two, it is kind of sad that an unruly gang of thug lowlifes were better organized for an assault on a police station on a whim to take out a man who fled to it over trained military personnel who planned to take out one prisoner. What the hell?! Another thing that made the original unique is that there was no main leader. They were there just for the sake of being there. Here, we have to have some big man giving orders with a complete reason for doing what he is doing. The acting in this movie was down right atrocious, especially from the police lady and her sex addiction. I am not sure what the director was going for, but it came off as annoyingly laughable more than anything else. WIth that said, I want the $4 I spent to rent this movie back because this piece of **** was not even worth a penny. It gets a 1/10 from me.