The Frame

I didn’t really expect this to be much more than an excuse to shoot a lot of guns, and I wasn’t wrong. Ethan Hawke is a police sergeant about to close down Precinct 13 for shinier digs, when a prisoner transport caravan stops in to stay the night due to inclement weather. Among those prisoners is a highly dangerous murderer, wanted for cop-killing. Before long, the precinct is under siege by people wanting this murderer out. The few policemen in the building have to hold off the attack because the storm has cut off communications; there’s also corruption on the force, a growing bond of trust between the murderer and the sergeant, and several other cliched plot points. It’s pretty much a mess.
Below Average