If you loved The French Connection, try Assault on Precinct 13

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The French Connection

1971 · dir. William Friedkin

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Theyboth carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Action / Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The French Connection, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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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 The French Connection, try Assault on Precinct 13

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