Pure tension and violence
We have many action blockbusters, but currently very few manage to impress with their action, often becoming something too controlled and lacking power to be impressive. A very strong contrast with which can be achieved even with very large budget constraints in the smallest cinema.
One of the great historical achievements of the genre came in the low budget with Assault at the District 13 Police Station. John Carpenter’s second film was confirmation of him as an essential director even before he triumphed in a big way with The halloween nightachieving extreme and intense work in just an hour and a half.
In south-central Los Angeles, a local gang, Street Thunder, steals a stash of assault rifles and handguns. At 3 a.m. on a Saturday in Anderson, a crime-infested ghetto, a team of heavily armed Los Angeles police officers ambush and kill six gang members. Later, the four leaders of the gang swear revenge against the police and citizens of Los Angeles.
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A group of people are locked inside a police station thanks to the calculated strategy of all these gangs. There these people cornered They have to resist indiscriminate attacks from people from outside with death as the only objective. Everyone inside the District 13 Police Station must fight for their lives.
Shortly after his debut, Carpenter received an opportunity to work as a filmmaker, although far from the big studios. They only gave him $100,000 to produce it., having to temper his expectations of making a western. He kept the inspiration in Bravo River of his admired Howard Hawks, but he took the situation to a modern context.
‘Assault on the District 13 Police Station’: violent siege
Carpenter accentuated the most street and violent aspects of such a situation, sometimes even taking elements from horror films such as Night of the Living Dead. Even without doing crazy things within his limitations, creates powerful and disturbing imageslike an ice cream cone that ends up covered in red blood.
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This intensity of the siege has become a global reference, inspiring many other thrillers and even video games like resident Evil. A destiny that very few expected after its discreet release in cinemas, but little by little it built an immense reputation until it became cult classic.
You can see Assault at the Police Station from District 13 in acontra+, Movistar+ and TiviFy.
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