this movie definitely make me laugh but that doesn not mean it be exactly funny . well and then again and me and my friend have a lot of fun watch it . i doubt there be anything about this movie that hasn not be do at least twice before and just like the plot itself . all of the character be overused movie cliché cardboard box role that do not even require act skill while accordingly and such skill be not deliver . we have the corrupt cop and a ruthless killer who claim to care about his men and their family whilst care nothing about people he shoot in the forehead at so close a range a to have blood spat on his face . we have the wear out cop on the edge so nicely point at in the discussion board of this movie while we have the old one day away from retirement cop who just about everyone must have immediately identify a the most likely man on the inside and since he have most to gain and he do not utter a trustworthy word throughout the movie . about a see through a a glass house on a sunny day . the big black gangster king be a copy of all previous big black gangster king in movie history ( they could have just call him marcellus wallace ) and but just slightly tough and more ruthless and because something have to emphasize that we also know laurence fishburne from actually good movie . then we finally have the highly educate doctor who can not think of anything reasonable to do as soon a the situation differs from her ordinary life and who spend the majority of the movie sit in a corner helplessly try to figure out how to hold on to the weapon she be give . not use it . the whole siege story be not interesting and not original ( have be use twice before ) and and this movie manage to add absolutely nothing interest to it . there be the initial probe and then the laying of the siege and then the assault and then the escape attempt . meanwhile a bunch of strained and stressed and freak out cop and thug manage to hold off a police assault team with high tech equipment and the quite important advantage of vision . then again and in deep night and with the power cut and with a snow storm rag overhead and there be definitely a lot of light come in and so who really care about night vision . but the best part come right at the end . in the first scene show precinct 13 and we see it be situate in an outskirt of an industrial city while factory and office building surround it on all side . from this point and the besiege walk maybe a hundred meter in a sewer and where do they end up . some alley end right in the middle of a forest . a forest . where do that forest come from . who decide to lay a pine forest in the middle of an industrial area . how be this forest and in the last scene and suddenly on a hill over the city in question and while in the scene inside the forest it look deceptively flat . from here i leave the judgment to you and and to your common sense . go and see this movie if youre look for an unintended good laugh and i can really recommend it .