the original assault on precinct 13 be gritty and witty and and perhaps most importantly short . this remake be mercilessly pad out and talky . bad yet and the african american hero of the first movie be here replace with handsome white boy ethan hawke and which make this assault less progressive than the 1970s one . god and how i miss john carpenter and his improbable plot line and his weird sense of humor . i even miss his b list actor and who be league well than hawke and company . i can not say i care for the new villain in this version they stretch what little credibility the story ever have to the limit . the female character be useless and the criminal be all generic hood and and gabriel byrne give another of his bored performance . the music all wrong and too it bland action stuff that actually detract from the tension . simply awful .