I'm sorry, but they shouldn't have greenlighted this film until they came up with a better reason why people under siege couldn't call out on their mobiles other than "they're blocking transmission". This is one of those films where the hero does something and the villain notes it admiringly saying "that's very smart", although when you think about it, it's not smart at all.
The toughness of the 1976 version has been given a PC glean - gone is the little girl being killed, the baddies are corrupt cops (ooh, tackle those issues), the prisoner who helps out the good cops is now black and he's allowed to go away at the end (there was something heart wrenching in the original about this prisoner who'd helped save the day and went off to gaol at the end).
The director is obsessed with characters being shot in the forehead, it happens a number of times - if you're bored, try counting. The basic situation is still a good one and there is some decent action.
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