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When a grieving father shoots a gang leader and then seeks refuge in the precinct, a horde of gang members siege the building, forcing Bishop to join forces with a prisoner called Wilson (Darwin Joston) in order to survive.

CKK, the film's distributor, was responsible for the misnomer; they rejected Carpenter's titles and came up with the name "Assault on Precinct 13" (which they felt was more ominous sounding) during post-production.

Despite it's meagre budget it's a film that certainly stands the test of time, and with this out there as great educational material as to how you make a riveting, thrilling action film, how is it still so much better than most recent entries in the genre?