History Film / AssaultOnPrecinct132005

* CoolGuns: The film shows a few guns that're either anachronistic or in the wrong hands. The good guys deploy a bona fide [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun Tommy Gun]] against the bad guys, who in turn wield [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIG_SG_550 SG 550s]], an assault rifle you don't normally see in US police service.

** In a weird variant of RaceLift, the characters of Bishop and Napolean Wilson are basically switched around; the black man becomes the criminal leader and the white man becomes the cop who has to work with the crime lord, whereas in the original Bishop was the cop and he was aided by a white criminal.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: {{Averted}}, at least in spirit. [[MsFanservice Sexy secretary Iris]] is among the survivors of the movie.]]

* MsFanservice: Two of the three female characters fit the bill to varying degrees. Iris is the precinct's beautiful, sensual SexySecretary who enjoys talking about her sex life and wears a short dress, heeled boots and net stockings in every single scene she's in. Alex had a New Year's Eve party set up and [[AbsoluteCleavage is dressed]] [[SexyBacklessOutfit for the occasion]].

* AbsoluteCleavage: Doc Sabian wears a fancy grey cocktail dress that shows a lot of skin both at the front and [[SexyBacklessOutfit the back]]. Justified since she was dressed for a New Year's Eve party when her car broke down near the precinct.
* AntiHero: Guess who?

* {{Retirony}}: [[spoiler:Jasper, who was supposed to retire, until his FaceHeelTurn that leads to RewardedAsATraitorDeserves.]]

A notorious underworld boss of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} is finally captured by the police on the day of [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve]]. On his way to another prison, thick snow storms force the bus carrying him, three other criminals and several police officers to take shelter at the now-decommissioned Precinct 13. Over the course of the night, mysterious assailants, attack the precinct, forcing officers and criminals alike to band together to survive.

* ArmorIsUseless: Averted and played straight depending on what the plot calls for. The SWAT gear protects the bad guys from the handgun caliber return fire they're facing from the precinct holdouts, but against commandeered assault rifles, molotov cocktails and a confiscated samurai sword it doesn't do a bit of good. However this is an example of TruthInTelevision.

** There are a lot more people inside the station when it gets besieged, including a third (female) criminal

** There are three female characters; a secretary, a lawyer and a criminal. Of these, the secretary lives to the end, whereas the secretary in the original got shot fairly early on.
** Instead of running out of ammo during attacks, the besieged gain more through the attacker's incompetence to the point they start with some handguns and improvised weapons to everyone carrying loaded assault rifles.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Bishop is allowed to literally walk away from jail once the events of the movie are over, despite the fact that he is a fucking ''mob boss'' and is a major reason why half of the main character's colleagues and friends are dead.]] Justified, though -[[spoiler:it's less a case of "I'm letting you go" and more a case of "I am in no condition to stop you from leaving at this particular moment". Bishop is even told that he will be hunted down as soon as possible.]]
* KillItWithFire: Bishop fights the first battle with {{Molotov Cocktail}}s. Later the protagonists use turpentine to set a fire trap when another wave of baddies attacks.

* RageQuit: [[spoiler:It seems Jasper's reasons to sell out his friends is due to finally losing his patience with Jake's attempts to led them to safety which Jasper thought its leading them nowhere and Duvall outnumbers them.]]

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted - Roenick has frequent sessions with police psychologist Alex Sabian to treat his PTSD after his last undercover op went down in flames. Neither of them is happy about it.

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler: "Female Gangbanger", as described by the prison bus driver, Anna is the first female to die.

* RealityEnsues: No badass LastStand here. [[spoiler: When it's only Roenick, Bishop, Iris, Jasper, and Capra left, they realize that escape is their only possible means of survival.]]

* VasquezAlwaysDies: [[spoiler: {{Inverted}}. While neither is quite Vasquez levels of masculine, the more feminine, less aggressive Alex is killed while the more combative Iris lives. Likewise, Alex is a therapist while Iris works in the police station (admittedly as a secretary, but still)]]

A notorious underworld boss of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} is finally captured by the police on the day of [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve]]. On his way to another prison, thick snow storms force the bus carrying him, three other criminals and several police officers to take shelter at the now-decommissioned Precinct 13. Over the course of the night, mysterious assailants, [[spoiler: eventually revealed to be {{Corrupt Cop}}s who were in league with the gang boss before his capture]], attack the precinct, forcing officers and criminals alike to band together to survive.

* OfficerOHara: Jasper, the eldest officer who's an Irish-American.

* OfficerOHara: Jasper, the eldest officer who's an Irish-America.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Bishop is allowed to literally walk away from jail once the events of the movie are over, despite the fact that he is a fucking ''mob boss'' and is a major reason why half of the main character's colleagues and friends are dead.]]
** Though [[spoiler: this is less a case of "I'm letting you go" and more a case of "I am in no condition to stop you from leaving at this particular moment." Bishop is even told that he will be hunted down as soon as possible.]]

* MsFanservice: Two of the three female characters fit the bill to varying degrees. Iris is the precinct's beautiful, sensual SexySecretary who enjoys talking about her sex life and wears a short dress, heeled boots and net stockings in every single scene she's in. Alex had a New Year's Eve party set up and is dressed for the occasion.