If you loved Escape from New York, try Assault on Precinct 13

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Escape from New York

1981 · dir. John Carpenter

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Both films are directed by John Carpenter, and they sit in Action / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Escape from New York, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Assault on Precinct 13 is

Downtown L.A., dead of winter. A snowplow scrapes asphalt outside a boarded-up police station. A highway cop, two convicts on parole, and the last clerk inside. Night arrives with headlights and shouted threats. Carpenter’s siege movie moves like a camera on wheels.

If you loved Escape from New York, try Assault on Precinct 13

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If you loved Escape from New York, try Assault on Precinct 13

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