Open Fire (1994)
- Directed by
- Paul Greengrass
- Genre
- crime, drama, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A TV drama about the police hunt for a man who escaped custody after shooting an officer. The manhunt leads to another man being mistakenly shot.
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What happens
Open Fire is single British television crime drama film, made for ITV, which first broadcast on 12 November 1994. The film was written and directed by Paul Greengrass, and concerns the police manhunt for David Martin, who escaped from custody following his arrest for shooting a police officer, leading up to the shooting in error of another man, Stephen Waldorf. The film starred Rupert Graves as Martin, as well as Samuel West as Waldorf, Douglas Hodge as investigating officer DC Peter Finch, and Kate Hardie as Sue Stephens. Open Fire was filmed in Belsize Park and in around Hampstead, London. The film has never been released commercially. The UK based TV Channel Talking Pictures TV has since shown Open Fire, firstly on 5 October 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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