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The Assault

1998Movie1 h 25 minPG-13

33

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33

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Summary

A female cop assigned to protect a dead drug dealer's girlfriend from mob assassins takes her to a home for battered wives. When revenge is the only option, the emotionally scarred women are forced to fight back.

Good for

Thought-provoking
Adults
Solo watch

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You need an uplifting mood
Graphic violence bothers you

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Fingerprint

Puts you inside a crime.
Keeps you on edge.
Weighs on you.
Leaves you shaken.
Gets your pulse racing.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 29GoodWatch 33
IMDb4.3
Audience score14%
Running time
1 h 25 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 thrillers, −19 min on the typical 104
typical 10485
Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1998
October 8, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ThrillerAction
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, sexual content, and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
ViolenceStrong
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsSolo WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
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Directing · 1
Jim Wynorski Director, Producer
Writing · 2
Melissa Brasselle Story, Screenplay
Steve Jankowski Screenplay
Production · 3
Stefano Dammicco Executive Producer
Angela Plasschaert Producer
Jeffery Passero Casting
Camera · 2
Zoran Hochstätter Camera Operator, Director of Photography
Ken Blakey Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Richard Gentner Editor
Sound · 1
Andrew Keresztes Original Music Composer
Art · 2
Geoffrey Collins Production Design
Inger Christiansen Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
Angee Beckett Costume Design
Other crew · 18
Patrick J. Statham Stunt Coordinator
Thomas Rosales Jr. Stunts
Simon Rhee Stunts
Irving E. Lewis Stunts
Ellen Statham Stunts
Paul Dallas Stunts

Tropes

Last Breath Bulletin 98 titlesThe reason why Truus was caught and eventually executed by the Germans. Takes shoots Ploeg three times.You Can't Fight Fatein 607 titlesThe role of random chance in determining fate is symbolized when Ploeg's murder interrupts the Steenwijks as they are sitting down to play a board game.All 18 tropes

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