''The Assault'' is a 1998 American action film directed by

Jim Wynorski Jim Wynorski (born August 14, 1950) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Wynorski has been making B-movies and exploitation movies since the early 1980s, and has directed over 150 feature films. His earliest films were releas ...

. The film is about a detective Stacy (

Stacie Randall Stacie Randall (born January 5, 1962) is an American actress, best known for her roles in '' Puppet Master 4'', '' Trancers 4'' and '' Trancers 5'', and '' Excessive Force II: Force on Force''. She is currently married to Jack Allocco. Filmography ...

) who brings a witness for protection at a women's retreat. Villains after the witness descend on the building and the women and maintenance man Mike ( Matt McCoy) have to defend themselves and fight them off. The plot was influenced by '' Assault on Precinct 13''. Reviewer Douglas Pratt wrote that the "film is loaded with action scenes and supposedly helpless women wasting dozens of tough guys armed to the teeth, so what's not to like?."Pratt, Douglas. (2004). ''Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, Volume 1''. New York: Sag Harbor. p. 89.

Cast

as Stacy * Matt McCoy as Mike * Melissa Brasselle as Toni *

Sandahl Bergman Sandahl Bergman is an American actress and dancer. She is best known for her role as Valeria in the film ''Conan the Barbarian'' (1982), for which she won a Golden Globe and a Saturn Award. Early life Bergman was born in Kansas City, Mis ...

as Helen *

Leo Rossi Leo Rossi (born June 26, 1946) is an American actor, writer and producer. A character actor with over 100 credits to his name, he is known for his role as foul-mouthed EMT Vincent "Budd" Scarlotti in the 1981 horror film '' Halloween II'', as ...

as Zigowski

References

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* 1996 films Films directed by Jim Wynorski American action films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-action-film-stub