'Assault on Precinct 13' - first viewing, believe it or not, and I really enjoyed it. The low budget shows a couple of times, but nothing too distracting. Carpenter reached his peak a few years later with 'The Thing', then seemed to shoot himself in the foot. What a waste.
Still in shock re. the ice-cream van scene!
'Doomsday' - sort of ok action/sci fi flick, that 'borrows' heavily from 'Escape From New York', '28 Days Later', 'Aliens', 'Mad Max' etc, etc.
Performances and direction were ok, the script seemed to be the biggest problem. I started losing interest when they reached the castle, and it got a bit too silly, and lame one liners replaced any tension that had been built up.
Maybe Marshall is the next Carpenter - started in a blaze of glory, then fell in a hole?
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