Having seen They Live before Assault on Precinct 13 which was made over 10 years before I see the similarities. Two characters, different in many ways, are thrown in the middle of a situation they have to work together to get out of. Both films depict the grittiness of the city as people struggle to stay alive and neither film gives an explanation as to why the situation even began. The two female characters contrast each other as one stands up willing to defend herself while the other cowards in fear. Oddly enough she is also the only one to suggest a reasonable solution to their predicament.
Every character puts in effort to fight the gang relentlessly attacking them and as in many John Carpenter films there is no decipherable hero although some may argue it is Napoleon Wilson for triumphing against the odds.
Trivia
Sources:- The story that Ethan Bishop (Austin Stoker) tells about his father sending him to the police station when he was 6 years old with a note, is actually a true story of Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock told this to Francois Truffant in Truffaut's book "Hitchcock".
- John Carpenter has said that he based his score to this film on both Lalo Schifrins's score to Dirty Harry (1971) and Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song".
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