Assault On Precinct 13

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited June 2005 in Music & Movies
Good HT movie -- lots of gunshots, fighting, bombs and **** like that. DTS, too. Laurence Fishbourne played a cool **** villian. A movie for real men, so don't expect a great storyline, character development crap or other nonsense like that. A rental for sure.
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  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited May 2005
    Good to hear .... my rentals in the mail as we speak . :D

    DTS being nice plus factor .
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited May 2005
    Forgot to mention that some of the bonus features are particularly good. One of them talks about the weapons, another discusses the set design, and another one talks about the fight sequences. Interesting.
    HT/2-channel Rig: Sony 50” LCD TV; Toshiba HD-A2 DVD player; Emotiva LMC-1 pre/pro; Rogue Audio M-120 monoblocks (modded); Placette RVC; Emotiva LPA-1 amp; Bada HD-22 tube CDP (modded); VMPS Tower II SE (fronts); DIY Clearwave Dynamic 4CC (center); Wharfedale Opus Tri-Surrounds (rear); and VMPS 215 sub

    "God grooves with tubes."
  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited May 2005
    i wanna rent this, looks good and now im for sure gonna rent for this weekend...
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  • Nelson57
    Nelson57 Posts: 190
    edited May 2005
    I agree Early B. Nice HT action flick with solid picture quality, not the best, but a pretty decent DTS soundtrack, full of bullets, explosions, and a cool performance from Fishbourne.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited May 2005
    I almost picked this up tonight (seeing it's on sale for 9.99) but decided I better rent it first. Really like that it's an action movie in DTS though. Went with Blade Trinity instead. Gotta go watch that one now though...
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,046
    edited May 2005
    Can't wait to rent it this weekend. With my new set-up I have not heard a good audio movie yet. DD video games sound like nothing else.
  • stereo55
    stereo55 Posts: 418
    edited May 2005
    Just got done watching the flick and I came away nicely satisfied . Good DTS and Fishbourne's bad guy role was a definite plus . Overall a good rental .
    SDA-2B's ~ Pair SDA-CRS's ~ ,*** Main listening: Maggies MG1 ~ Polk SDA 2B's ~ Monitor 10's , 3-pairs (2 pairs moded into SDA's w/SDA-2B/CRS cross-overs) , * DCM TF600's * Mission M71/M72 *** Main brdrm FRT: RTiA-5's /Presence RTi-4 / LSI-704 Cntr / Rear FXI3's ~~~ Assorted Main listening rm : , 2- Heathkit W-5M /tube mono blocks (Parasound P/HP-850)* * 2- Altec Lansing 1590b's/mono blocks (Yamaha C-45) * CM Labs 35D * Dynaco ST-70 ~ Occasionally ~* Yamaha CR-820/A-760 ,* Sansui AU-317/AU-217 * Carver 900 rec *2-Dynaco ST 120* 1 Hafler DH-220* Marantz 1040 ... more
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,046
    edited May 2005
    Watched it with my wife, decent movie as mentioned with not a good story line. Tons of guns. I think that's why my wife didn't like it very much.
  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited June 2005
    Watched this today. Decent popcorn movie. What is the difference between the DTS and the Dolby soundtrack?
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited June 2005
    Not a bad rental, but not great either.
  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited June 2005
    Sounds like I need to pick this up.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited June 2005
    Originally posted by wingnut4772
    Watched this today. Decent popcorn movie. What is the difference between the DTS and the Dolby soundtrack?
    I doubt it's any different than on any other DVD. DTS is less compressed with a 3db gain in the rears and 10db gain on the LFE channel.
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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    Car Setup: OEM Radio, RF 360.2v2, Polk SR6500 quad amped off 4 Xtant 1.1 100w mono amps, Xtant 6.1 to run an eD 13av.2, all Stinger wiring and Raammat deadener.