THE ASSAULT is a rather amusing little action flick from B-movie director Jim Wynorski that plays out as an all-female copy of ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13. The opening sequence, in which a stripper beats up a squad of protection racket goons, sets the scene well and before long we move to a random safe house, where an endless army of '90s-era street thugs are gunning for a drug dealer's wife holed up inside. Wynorski films are notoriously bad in general but this is one of his more entertaining movies, even if it is a complete rip-off from beginning to end. The female angle is a fun one and there's even a role for an established actor in the form of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE's Matt McCoy, playing the handyman. At least there's plenty of action to take your mind off the familiarity of the plot.
Review of The Assault
