Assault on Precinct 13
Detroit's Precinct 13 is destined to be closed on January 1, to be replaced by a high-tech facility nearby. As a result, it's a bitter goodbye from those who are manning it for the last time, headed by Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) and accompanied by old timer Jasper O'Shea (Brian Dennehy) and secretary Iris (Drea de Matteo). Meanwhile, the police have scored a coup with the arrest of criminal mastermind Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne). Along with a group of other prisoners, they are about to be transported to a different facility until bad weather forces them to nearby Precinct 13. Due to Bishop's involvement with some dirty cops, these cops, led by Gabriel Byrne, want Bishop dead and soon try to storm the police station, but Roenick rounds up what little men and ammunition he has to make a stand.

I don't understand why Byrne's team couldn't take the station by force. Obviously outmanned and outgunned, they could've just blown up the place right? They didn't care that cops were going to be killed and the building was about to be torn down anyway, so why not? So other than their implausible stand, Assault on Precinct 13 makes for some good entertainment, even knowing the fact that it could've been over sooner than the 2 hour running time indicates. 2 stars